first-fruits
11first fruits — 1. the earliest fruit of the season. 2. the first product or result of anything. [1350 1400; ME] * * * first fruits UK US noun [plural] the first successful results of an activity Thesaurus: general words for results and outcomessynonym * * *… …
12first fruits — N PLURAL: usu N of n The first fruits of a project or activity are the earliest results or profits. The deal is one of the first fruits of a liberalization of foreign investment law …
13first fruits — noun (plural) the first good result of something: One of the first fruits of Mao s visit to Moscow was a new treaty with the Russians …
14first-fruits — earliest fruits of the season; first results …
15first fruits — noun a) The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering b) The first profits from an undertaking …
16first fruits — 1. the earliest fruit of the season. 2. the first product or result of anything. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …
17First fruits — Latin word for this term is annates. This gratuity was paid by the new holder of an ecclesiastical post to his superior, which was ultimately the pope. Such offices were lucrative and these monies amounted to the annual revenue of the *benefice… …
18first fruits — plural noun 1》 the first agricultural produce of a season. 2》 the initial results of an enterprise or endeavour …
19first fruits — UK / US noun [plural] the first successful results of an activity …
20first fruits — In English ecclesiastical law, the first year s whole profits of every benefice or spiritual living, anciently paid by the incumbent to the pope, but afterwards transferred to the fund called Queen Anne s Bounty, for increasing the revenue from… …
