In former times, a payment that had to be made when submitting a supplication (supplication, petition; petition, petition, petition; especially also application for employment with an authority) – to the (official) person writing down this document for the drafting, – according to fixed fee or custom – then as it were as hand money – to the person forwarding a petition, however – often also for both services. – Supplik from the Latin SUPPLICARE = to plead with someone. – See Douceur, Draufgeld, Handgeld, Handschuhgeld, Trinkgeld, Vokationsgeld.
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