I. Small wages, poor pay (class.): “infimi homines mercedula adducti,” Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198: “isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori,” Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 1.—
II. Hire, rent, income: “constituere mercedulas praediorum,” Cic. Att. 13, 11, 1.