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单词 escot
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escotn.

Etymology: A French form of scot n.2 (as in scot and lot); compare Old French escot, Provençal escot (modern French écot), Italian scotto.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈscot.
(See quot. 1755; it does not appear where Johnson found the word.)
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Escot, a tax paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of the community, which is called scot and lot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

escotv.

Etymology: < Old French escot-er, < escot (modern French écot ): see escot n.
Obsolete.
transitive. To pay a reckoning for, maintain.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide means of support for
findc1225
sustainc1300
found1377
keep1377
maintainc1405
sustent?a1425
support1493
uphold1546
subsist1547
escota1616
fend1637
aliment1660
run1871
grub-stake1879
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 347 What are they Children? Who maintains 'em? How are they escoted?
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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