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

Frequent requests were however made for something to be done and the slightest possibility of a surplus in the Consolidated Fund always raised hopes.

From Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue by A. D. Burns

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

Their salaries are charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, and they are removable only on an address to the Houses of the Imperial Parliament.

From A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey

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

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

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