boarding out

British  

noun

1. social welfare

   1. the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it

   2. ( as modifier )

      boarding-out allowances

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boarding out

I have been working a little, and boarding out, and the boy is going to school.

From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.

The old Squire was thoughtful enough to remember that Ralph would not find it very pleasant "boarding out" all the time he was entitled to spend at Pete Jones's.

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

It was proposed to adopt the system of boarding out which had been in operation in Scotland; due provision was made for their inspection.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

It has now become a matter of everyday observation, that where there is ample asylum accommodation the boarding out of the insane is either entirely neglected or avoided, or but languidly attempted....

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

It was the fact that Mr Tookey had three little children boarding out in Kimberley.

From An Old Man's Love by Trollope, Anthony