英语词汇“time and lime”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Chiefly Shipbuilding. time and lime: used to refer to an arrangement by which a ship is built for the cost of labour and materials, plus an agreed percentage. Frequently attributive. Now rare.Although the earliest evidence relates to shipbuilding, the use of lime n.¹ 2 in the phrase may suggest an origin in bricklaying or a similar trade; cf. quot. 1914, which relates to building generally.

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1902 R. MacIntyre in Brit. at Work 272 Some concerns..merely charge material and labour [for building a steamer]—‘time and lime’ is the not inapt description of this system—plus a certain percentage as profit.

1914 Sessions Cases (House of Lords) 89 In building transactions there are what are known as time and lime contracts.

1918 Manch. Guardian 1 May 5/6 The shipyards are building on what is called the ‘time and lime’ system.

1968 Jrnl. Industr. Econ. 17 13 Naval building may also be assumed to be generally profitable since so much of it has the character of prototype construction and tends to be on ‘time and lime’.

单词	time and lime
释义	> as lemmas time and lime c. Chiefly Shipbuilding. time and lime: used to refer to an arrangement by which a ship is built for the cost of labour and materials, plus an agreed percentage. Frequently attributive. Now rare.Although the earliest evidence relates to shipbuilding, the use of lime n.¹ 2 in the phrase may suggest an origin in bricklaying or a similar trade; cf. quot. 1914, which relates to building generally. ΚΠ 1902 R. MacIntyre in Brit. at Work 272 Some concerns..merely charge material and labour [for building a steamer]—‘time and lime’ is the not inapt description of this system—plus a certain percentage as profit. 1914 Sessions Cases (House of Lords) 89 In building transactions there are what are known as time and lime contracts. 1918 Manch. Guardian 1 May 5/6 The shipyards are building on what is called the ‘time and lime’ system. 1968 Jrnl. Industr. Econ. 17 13 Naval building may also be assumed to be generally profitable since so much of it has the character of prototype construction and tends to be on ‘time and lime’. extracted from timen.int.conj. < as lemmas
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