单词 | provision-money |
释义 | > as lemmasprovision-money provision-money n. ΚΠ 1657 H. Ingoldsby Let. 28 Feb. in P. Gaunt Corr. H. Cromwell (2007) 208 I had noe other mony but the provision mony in my hands to doe itt with all, most off which is spent and contracted to bee spent about itt. a1730 J. Dart Westmonasterium (1742) II. iv. 22 As for the Dean and Prebendiaries, who formerly divided their Provision Money, and dieted at large, they were by Dr. Bill's Regulations oblig'd to keep Commons together with the Dean in his Hall. 1852 H. W. Herbert Captains Old World iii. 120 They were received hospitably, a daily allowance of provision-money being assigned to them. 1989 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 19 407 He gave provision-money to middle men as an incentive for them to purchase wheat. < as lemmas |
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