| 单词 | parish rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparish rate parish rate n. ΚΠ 1651 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 71. 1065 Resolved by the Parliament..that the charges thereof be defrayed out of the Parish Rates. 1705 J. Bowack Antiq. Middlesex 44 The Parish rate for this was Two Hundred and Sixty Pounds. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 170 It was enacted..that overseers of the poor.., with the churchwardens, should raise by a parish rate competent sums for this purpose. View more context for this quotation 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xiv. 259 Harry was..about to take his place as the squire of his parish,..to decide about..parish rates and other all-absorbing topics. 1992 J. Rule Albion's People 134 Farmers were inclined to discriminate in favour of married labourers, since they would otherwise have been a greater burden on the parish rate of which the farmers were the main payers. < as lemmas |
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