| 单词 | tribute system |
| 释义 | > as lemmastribute system tribute system n. ΚΠ 1872 R. B. Smyth Mining Statist. 83 There does not appear any very good reason why prospecting ventures should not, as a rule, be established on the tribute system. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 449/2 The third method is that which is known as the tribute system. The miner working on tribute..gives the mining company all the ore he extracts at a certain proportion of its value, after he has paid all the cost of breaking it, hoisting it to the surface, and dressing it. < as lemmas |
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