| 单词 | clerk of the market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasClerk of the Market Clerk of the Market n. †a royal officer attending at fairs and markets, to keep the standard of weights and measures, and punish misdemeanours therein; also an officer appointed by city or town corporations, to collect market dues, and inspect the market. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > other English officials wicknerc1000 purveyorc1425 remembrancer1431 Clerk of the Market1451 secondary1461 water bailiff1590 Master of the Jewel House1597 clerk of the remembrance1607 well-reeve?1648 stairer1695 bar-keeper1818 waste-inspector1898 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > market dues > [noun] > one who collects Clerk of the Market1451 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > market dues > [noun] > one who collects > office of Clerk of the Market1451 1451 in R. Arnold Chron. (c1503) f. lxxi/2 Clarke of the market for the tyme beynge. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xvii. 114 God is the principall clark of the market, All the weights of the bag are his work. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 272 The court of the clerk of the market is incident to every fair and market in the kingdom, to punish misdemesnors therein. 1887 Oxford P. O. Directory 275 Clerks of the Market, Rev. R. Faussett, M.A., and Rev. O. Ogle; Deputy Clerk, Mr. W. Sims. < as lemmas |
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