| 单词 | allowance system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasallowance system allowance system n. now historical (in England and Wales) a system of poor relief whereby wages were supplemented by an allowance which varied according to the cost of bread and the size of the wage earner's family; = Speenhamland system at Speenhamland n. ΚΠ 1816 J. Grahame Inq. Princ. Population iii. 124 Could the allowance system..be dispensed with..the main features of the system might be advantageously retained. 1831 Edinb. Rev. 53 48 The factitious increase of population caused by the allowance-system. 1875 Manch. Guardian 12 Mar. 5/3 A Select Committee to inquire into the administration of outdoor relief..with a view of discovering how far the old ‘allowance system’ exists practically among the agricultural poor to the serious depression of their wages. 2005 Agric. Hist. Rev. 53 142 The allowance system devised at Speenhamland in 1795 never achieved national currency. < as lemmas |
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