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

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

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

From An Old Man's Love by Trollope, Anthony

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

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)

"I thought I would sell it, as you were boarding out."

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley