Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَظِيفَةٌ

Root: وظف

Full Definition

وَظِيفَةٌ A daily allowance, or portion, of food, or the like.
2 وَظِيفَةٌ also An appointed part-payment, or instalment, due at a particular period. (Mgh, Msb, in art. نجم.)
3 وَظِيفَةٌ مِنْ خَرَاجِ الأَرْضِ [An assessed rate of the land-tax]. S, voce طَسْقٌ.)


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