What is rate; price. [Obs.] "Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch." Bacon called?
hand — Rate; price. [Obs.] "Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch." Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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