| 单词 | free food |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree food free food n. British Politics (now historical) food imported free of tax or duty; the exemption of imported food from tax or duty. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > tax-free food free food1903 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > exemption from taxes > that which is exempt free food1903 tax-exempt1925 1903 Times 13 June 11/2 Mr. Gibson Bowles..declared that the Tory party was now as much committed to free trade as it was formerly to protection, and that the people must have free food. 1903 Times 14 June 9/6 Offices had been taken..for the new organization, which is to be called ‘The Unionist Free Food League’. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 2/2 Thanks to the action of certain Free Traders, ‘Free Trade’ is sometimes confounded with ‘Free Food’, with which it has necessarily to do. 1991 J. D. Startt Journalists for Empire iii. 46 Opponents of Chamberlain claimed he stood for ‘dear food’ while they defended ‘free food’. 2008 F. Trentmann Free Trade Nation i. 47 The parliamentary committee endorsed cooperation with..the Unionist Free Food League. < as lemmas |
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