单词 | to set to gavel |
释义 | > as lemmasto set to gavel b. Rent. to set to gavel: to let out for a certain payment. Old English and Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] gavela1121 rentc1300 rental1441 gavelagec1450 rentage1633 mail duty1638 galea1687 wayleave1729 a1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1100 Ealle [þa biscop rices] he oððe wið feo gesealde, oððe on his agenre hand heold and to gafle gesette. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. ii. 94 A rent, or gavel of a penny. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. vii. 193 He was easily tempted to become a socager, paying rent or gavel. < as lemmas |
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