Jastrow: מְלָאי I

מְלָאי I m. (מָלֵא) store, goods, merchandise. Pes. 31ᵇ ומ׳ של נכרים and the goods (in the store) belong to gentiles. Tosef. ib. I (II), 17 המ׳ של ישראל if the goods belong to an Israelite. Pes. 53ᵇ כל המטיל מ׳ לכיסוכ׳ one who throws the profits of merchandise into the purse of scholars, i.e., gives scholars an opportunity of gaining a livelihood.—Sabb. 56ᵃ מ׳ הטילו על בעלי בתים they (the sons of Samuel) forced goods on private people (abused their station by making people their mercantile agents or their customers); Tosef. Sot. XIV, 6; ib. 5; a. e.