how to pronounce meed

/miːd/

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meed is pronounced in one syllable

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iː

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An example use of meed in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… front-loaded the meed FTD's front …”

meanings of meed

noun:

Merit or desert; worth.
A gift; bribe.
A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward, deserts; award.

verb:

To deserve; merit.
To reward; bribe.

meed frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word meed occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.