Consolidated Fund

American  

noun

1. a British national fund created to pay grants to the royal family, interest on public debt, etc., by consolidating various public securities.

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Consolidated Fund British  

noun

1. a fund into which tax revenue is paid in order to meet standing charges, esp interest payments on the national debt

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Consolidated Fund

Colonial loans are not charged on the Consolidated Fund.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by S. Rosenbaum

He transfers to the Consolidated Fund all the salaries heretofore partly paid by the Civil List, and in diplomacy there is a reduction of 28,000£ a year.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough

The Corporation also pays 11,000 pounds per annum towards the maintenance of the police force, though in other metropolitan districts this proportion of the expenses is debited to the Consolidated Fund.

From The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by William Ferneley Allen

Wednesday, March 22nd.—One of the most cherished beliefs of the House of Commons is that upon the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill anything under the sun may be discussed.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman

Provision as to judges and other persons having salaries charged on the Consolidated Fund.

From England's Case Against Home Rule by Albert Venn Dicey