periä — meaning in English

English meaning

• collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
• dun adj A dull greyish-brown colour.
• inherit verb To receive money, property, or a title from someone after they die.
• lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
• succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
• tariff noun A tax charged by a government on goods coming into or leaving a country.

Senses

periä is used for these senses in English:

• collect (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
• dun (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
• lift To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
• succeed (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
• tariff (transitive) To levy a duty on (something).

collect — full definition

1. verb To gather things together, often systematically.
2. verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
3. verb To receive payment that is owed.

dun — full definition

1. adj A dull greyish-brown colour.
2. verb To repeatedly pester someone for money they owe you.

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