פֵּירָעוֹן, (פָּרַע) paying a debt, payment. Shebu. 41ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) פ׳ מעליא הוי it was a real payment of a debt (and not a mere deposit). M. Kat. 9ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 6ᵇ עכ"ום לענין פ׳ לעולם מיצר the gentile will always grieve over the payment of a debt (whereas the Jew is glad to have rid himself of an obligation). B. Mets. 13ᵇ, a. fr. חיישינן לפ׳ (in the case of a note of indebtedness being found) we apprehend that payment may have been made (and therefore it must not be returned to the creditor). Y. Keth. X, end, 34ᵃ אל יהא לך פ׳ אלא מזה you shall be paid only from this (only this portion of my property is pledged). Koh. R. to VII, 2 מדה שיש בה פ׳; מדת פ׳ an act of benevolence with which a divine reward is connected. Yalk. Ex. 180 קבל פ׳ מהקב"ה he received payment (was punished) at the hands of God; a. fr.