单词 | freedom fine |
释义 | > as lemmasfreedom fine freedom fine n. now historical a payment made on being admitted to the freedom of a city, guild, or corporation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > on being admitted to freedom of city or guild freedom fine1684 1684 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 354 That ilk prenteis..after his prenteiship..shall be obleiged to pay ten merkis for his freedome fyne. 1762 Petition Incorporation of Tailors 6 There shall be no freeman-tailor admitted and received within the said incorporation, except they pay their freedom-fine, and other dues. 1862 C. Capper Port & Trade of London i. 56 The steps by which the Society of Merchant-Adventurers had risen to such importance as to be able to increase their freedom fines from 6s. 8d. to 40l. 1980 Eng. Hist. Rev. 95 416 [The book] deals mainly with routine matters: complaints against foreign traders, the granting of town leases, freedom fines. < as lemmas |
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