2. (Economics) (plural) economics the portion of the national income accruing to labour as earned income, as contrasted with the unearned income accruing to capital in the form of rent, interest, and dividends. 3. (often plural) recompense, return, or yield. 4. an obsolete word for pledge.
hyacinth noun [C]. âº a pleasant-smelling âplant with a lot of âsmall âflowers that âgrow âclose together around one âthick âstem. (Definition of hyacinth from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).See all translations.yacinth noun [C]. âº a pleasant-smelling âplant with a lot of âsmall âflowers that âgrow âclose together around one âthick âstem. (Definition of hyacinth from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Mosquito(noun) any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood.