单词 | rating qualification |
释义 | > as lemmasrating qualification rating qualification n. a qualification to vote in public elections conferred by the payment of rates at a particular level; (with specified amount) the level of rating that confers such a qualification. ΚΠ 1838 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. June 696 I can discover no rating qualification required for the purely intellectual constituents thereby intended to be privileged. 1893 Times 25 Apr. 5/5 Persons with a £20 rating qualification. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 42 When Gladstone proposed reducing to £7 the £7. 10s. rental the Cabinet had accepted (as the equivalent of the £6 rating qualification it had decided on in the first place), there were again complaints. 2001 I. McLean Rational Choice & Brit. Politics iii. 63 Disraeli and Stanley drafted a bill in the autumn of 1858, adopting the principle of assimilating the county franchise with the borough franchise by introducing a £10 rating qualification for the counties. < as lemmas |
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