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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Example Sentences

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

We want more boarding out, but that's expensive.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher

I suppose they would not choose to be at the expense of boarding out.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

Spunkie has been boarding out all August at a cat home, but he seems glad to get back to us.

From Miss Billy by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

It is well, however, to anticipate a very probable side result if we make the boarding out of pauper children a regular rural industry.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)