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

He also proposed that the new endowment should be a charge upon the Consolidated Fund, so that angry discussions of the kind in which bigotry and prejudice delight might be avoided.

From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)

On the Consolidated Fund Bill Mr. Fell and other Members for East Anglia represented very poignantly the woes inflicted upon their constituencies by the air and sea raids.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

On and after the appointed day there shall be an Irish Consolidated Fund separate from the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

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

Like Irish Land Stock, these loans are secured on the Consolidated Fund; but I do not think a fear is now suggested that the Consolidated Fund is in danger on that account.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

But nothing is said about compensating the Corporation by remitting their annual contribution to the expenses of the police force, and by defraying the same out of the Consolidated Fund.

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