单词 | subsidial |
释义 | † subsidialadj. Obsolete. Consisting of or maintained by subsidies; subsidiary. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > maintained or retained by subsidies subsidiary1658 subsidial1698 aided1832 grant-aided1927 1698 D. Defoe Lex Talionis 2 The Duke of Savoy, the most Bigotted Romanist, made no scruple..to accept of the Subsidial Supplies of Protestant Money, and the Protection of Protestant Armies. 1756 Crisis 35 He [sc. King of Prussia] would then be our defender, without having any subsidial demands on Great Britain. 1761 Parl. Hist. Eng. XXIII. 51 It has ever been the Custom of Parliament to go upon Grievances whenever subsidial Bills were in Agitation. 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 13 A subsidial ally of the English, who receive from its monarch the annual sum of £160,000. 1891 F. von Mueller Let. 1 July in Regardfully Yours (2006) 581 The estimated cost of £400 should be borne by N.S.W., V. QL and South-Australia on a similar subsidial arrangement as that effected for the issue of the 7 volumes of Flora Australiensis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1698 |
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