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expenditor Law.|ɛkˈspɛndɪtər|
Also 7 -our.
[a. med.L. expenditor, agent-n. incorrectly (on the analogy of venditor, etc.) f. expendĕre: see expend.]
One who has charge of expenditure; spec. an officer formerly appointed by the Commissioners of Sewers to expend or disburse the money collected by tax for the repair of sewers; also an officer of the British Museum (see quot. 1847).
1499in Hist. Co. Lincoln I. 69 Expenditors..shall have by the day 1s. 8d. Ibid., The said expenditors shall have a clerk of sewers for the work. 1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 5. §3 Expenditours and other ministers and officers for..the making of the premisses. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1547/1 The charge of these two wals..as appeareth in the expenditors books. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 134 A Collector, or Expenditor, or other Officer of Sewers. 1726Laws of Sewers 87 The Expenditor is the Person appointed by the Commissioners, to..expend the Money collected by the Tax. 1847Evidence Royal Comm. Brit. Mus. 1 You [Sir H. Ellis] were also the expenditor?—That was an office..always given to the principal librarian. Ibid. 9 What is the nature of his duties as expenditor?—He receives the moneys. 1899Westm. Gaz. 25 Sept. 4/2 Expenditor of the level of Romney Marsh. 1901N. & Q. 9th Ser. III. 303/1 General Expenditor to East Kent Sewers.
transf.1646J. Benbrigge Vsura Acc. 19 We are but his [God's] Expenditours. |