单词 | serving-out |
释义 | > as lemmasserving-out serving-out n. now rare ΚΠ 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 12) 257 Our forefathers, whose dishes for sort, number, price, and seruing out, were inferiour to our sauces,..were stronger, of more constant health, and of longer life, then we are. 1764 W. Bull Let. 18 Dec. in Proc. Comm. relieving Poor Germans (1765) (App. to List of Subscribers) p. vii Distribute their Provision weekly, because if served for a longer period, it might make them liable..to want, before the next serving out; such people being too apt to be improvident. 1873 Deb. Convent. Constit. Pennsylvania II. 382/1 Pardons were granted in great numbers, in many instances the day before the sentence would expire, in order that the political disabilities, which attached to the serving out of the full sentence, might be removed. 1902 School Jrnl. 6 Sept. 187/1 Pocket money must be deposited with the management and its serving out made a part of the school discipline. 1973 Fiscal Year 1974 Peace Corps Authorization: Hearing before Comm. Foreign Rel. U.S. Senate 93rd Congr., 1st Session 57 The President..made it clear that the paying of that penalty [sc. for someone who violated the law]..would not be the serving out of a period of time in the Peace Corps. < as lemmas |
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