Jastrow: דָּמִים

דָּמִים, דָּמִין m. pl. , constr. דְּמֵי (דמה) equivalent, compensation; (cmp. שָׁוָה) price, value; payment. Pes. 112ᵇ do not bargain בשעה שאין לך ד׳ when thou hast no money to pay with. Kerith. 13ᵇ ד׳ וערכין the assessment of an object to be redeemed or of an object the value of which was dedicated, v. עֶרֶךְ.—Pes. 32ᵃ לפי מידה … או לפי ד׳ וכ׳ must he pay the fine according to quantity or according to value?—Kidd. I, 6 כל הנעשה ד׳ באחר whatever is used as payment for another object; expl. ib. 28ᵃ כל הנישום ד׳ וכ׳ whatever is assessed as an equivalent, i.e. an exchange is meant and not a sale for cash. Ib. 28ᵇ החליף דמי שור בפרה if he gives a cow in payment of money which he owes for an ox; a. fr.—Keth. 103ᵇ נהוג נשיאותך בד׳ Ar. conduct thy office of Nasi as something valuable (Var. in Ar., a. ed. ברָמִים).