mise
verb/maɪz/
Etymology Contraction of might as well.
mise
noun/miːz/
Etymology Borrowed from French mise (“a putting, setting, expense”).
1
Law The issue in a writ of right.
2
Obsolete Expense; cost; disbursement.
3
Obsolete A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.
- Related terms
- Mise of Amiens, Mise of Lewes