单词 | headage payment |
释义 | > as lemmasheadage payment 2. The payment or charging of money based on an assessed total number of people or animals; payment per head; (also) the assessed total itself. In later use chiefly spec.: payment of a subsidy to farmers per head of livestock owned. Frequently attributive, as headage money, headage payment, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > specific payment per head bob a nob1823 headage1847 capitation system1916 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > unit in numbering animals headOE poll1494 headage1962 1847 Manch. Guardian 22 Dec. 7/4 He denied the saving of 2d. per head, by the erection of a new workhouse... He could confidently state that no union at present came within 3d. of the headage of the Leigh union. 1908 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer Oct. 21 575/2 The Municipal Market House nets the city some $7,500 a year, from small rents and ‘headage’. 1957 Liverpool Daily Post 30 Jan. 5/9 Abbey-Cwm-Hir..Fox Destruction Society have decided to pay headage money on rabbits and carrion crows, as well as foxes, that are killed in the society's area. 1958 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 6/5 ‘X’ has no arable land to speak of, he is at the end of his headage payment for attested cattle. 1962 Times 3 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. ii/3 Winter reserves of fodder to carry a greatly increased headage of stock. 1972 Guardian 30 Dec. 4/7 ‘Headage’ subsidies for sheep flocks are ruled out by the EEC commission. 2000 Mayo News 5 July 38/2 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development must ensure that the re-opening of the Early Retirement Scheme can be immediately separated from agreement on headage. < as lemmas |
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