单词 | expenditor |
释义 | expenditorn. Law. 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. 18471). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money hoarder944 treasurerc1290 purse-bearerc1300 coffererc1330 pursera1450 boucherc1450 bowgerc1450 purse-masterc1450 thesaurer1473 expenditor1499 bowser1534 bursarya1552 bursar1587 stock-keeper1589 bag-bearer1598 bourser1685 sumptuary1789 money manager1874 investment manager1879 tizzy-snatcher1914 1499 in Hist. Co. Lincoln I. 69 Expenditors..shall have by the day 1s. 8d. 1499 in Hist. Co. Lincoln I. 69 The said expenditors shall have a clerk of sewers for the work. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 5. §3 Expenditours and other ministers and officers for..the making of the premisses. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1547/1 The charge of these two wals..as appeareth in the expenditors books. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 134 A Collector, or Expenditor, or other Officer of Sewers. 1726 Laws of Sewers 87 The Expenditor is the Person appointed by the Commissioners, to..expend the Money collected by the Tax. 1847 Evidence Royal Comm. Brit. Mus. 1 You [Sir H. Ellis] were also the expenditor?—That was an office..always given to the principal librarian. 1847 Evidence Royal Comm. Brit. Mus. 9 What is the nature of his duties as expenditor?—He receives the moneys. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Sept. 4/2 Expenditor of the level of Romney Marsh. 1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. III. 303/1 General Expenditor to East Kent Sewers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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