طُعْمَةٌ

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طُعْمَةٌ i. q. مَأْكَلَةٌ, or رِزْقٌ; i. e. An assigned, or appointed, means of subsistence; such as a grant of a tract of land; [an allodium so granted;] and a tax, or a portion of a tax or of taxes; and the like: pl. طُعَمٌ. One says, جَعَلْتُ هٰذِهِ الضَّيْعَةَ طُعْمَةً لِفُلَانٍ [I have assigned this estate as a means of subsistence to such a one]. [For other exs., see 4.] And it is said in a trad. respecting the inheritance of the grandfather, إِنَّ السُّدْسَ الآخَرَ طُعْمَةٌ لَهُ i. e. The other sixth is a surplus for him beyond his [regular] due.
2 Also An invitation to food.
3 And A mode, or manner, of gain; as also طِعْمَةٌ : it is like حِرْفَةٌ. One says, فُلَانٌ عَفِيفُ الطُّعْمَةِ [Such a one is uncorrupt in respect of the mode of gain]: and خَبِيثُ الطُّعْمَةِ i. e. corrupt in respect of the means of gain.

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