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单词 privy purse
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
privy purse′, [Brit.]
  1. British Termsa sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
  2. British Termsa member of the royal household in charge of paying these expenses.
  • 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
privy purse n (often capitals)
  1. (in Britain) an allowance voted by Parliament for the private expenses of the monarch: part of the civil list
  2. an official of the royal household responsible for dealing with the monarch's private expenses
    Full name: Keeper of the Privy Purse
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