civil list
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Before the Sovereign Grant was introduced, state funding for the monarchy came through a mix of grants, government department spending and a "civil list" payment.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Philip does little to enhance this image of ordinariness, however, when he lets slip to the US broadcaster NBC that the civil list funds are so inadequate “we may have to move into smaller premises”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016
The Royal Family receives money from the civil list.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2012
They may well be, but maintenance costs are not covered by the civil list – they are provided for by separate grants from the Department of Culture.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2010
All he asked in return was an increase of his civil list of half of one per cent.
From A Defence of the Hessians by Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George)
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