单词 | prize office |
释义 | > as lemmasprize office prize office n. an office dealing with the sale of prizes taken in maritime war. ΚΠ 1653 R. Blake Declar. touching King of Scots 7 A List of 56 prizes are already brought into the Prize-Office. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prize-Office, an Office appointed for the Sale of Ships taken from an Enemy as lawful Prize. 1840 Times 28 Mar. 7/3 He knew the prisoner, and had frequently seen him at the prize-office, when applications for prize-money were made there. 1984 Eng. Hist. Rev. 99 832 This is admittedly a dusky area, since we lack adequate studies of the High Court and of the Prize Office. < as lemmas |
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