† poll pennyn.

Forms: see poll n.¹ and penny n.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poll n.¹, penny n.

Etymology: Apparently < poll n.¹ + penny n.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

A payment or offering made at a memorial service or funeral.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > other charges or payments

wood-hire1361

poll penny1489

dilapidation1553

soilage1593

admittyc1600

mortcloth1636

table money1659

treaty-money1763

carrying charge1834

handling charge1858

loosing1889

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > specific payments

poll penny1489

dirge-groat1564

dirge-money1564

mortuary1590

1489 in W. E. K. Rankin Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St. Andrews (1955) 48 [One penny was to be offered by the procurator of the Choir as] poll-penny [on the day of the obit, and he was to distribute two pennyworth of bread to the poor].

1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 423 Item, to the powpenny deliverit to David Lindesay, Lyoun herald, ane croune of wecht..xxs.

1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 181 Gevin to my lord governour to offer in ane poll penny, ane rois nobill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	poll penny
释义	† poll pennyn. Forms: see poll n.¹ and penny n. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poll n.¹, penny n. Etymology: Apparently < poll n.¹ + penny n. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A payment or offering made at a memorial service or funeral. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > other charges or payments wood-hire1361 poll penny1489 dilapidation1553 soilage1593 admittyc1600 mortcloth1636 table money1659 treaty-money1763 carrying charge1834 handling charge1858 loosing1889 the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > specific payments poll penny1489 dirge-groat1564 dirge-money1564 mortuary1590 1489 in W. E. K. Rankin Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St. Andrews (1955) 48 [One penny was to be offered by the procurator of the Choir as] poll-penny [on the day of the obit, and he was to distribute two pennyworth of bread to the poor]. 1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 423 Item, to the powpenny deliverit to David Lindesay, Lyoun herald, ane croune of wecht..xxs. 1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 181 Gevin to my lord governour to offer in ane poll penny, ane rois nobill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1489
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