out-relief

American

[out-ri-leef] / ˈaʊt rɪˌlif /

noun

British.

public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.

out-relief British

noun

Also called: outdoor relief. English history money given to poor people not living in a workhouse

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Etymology

Origin of out-relief

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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A few weeks ago the whole parish of St. Jude, Whitechapel, with a population of sixty thousand, provided only four applicants to the Board of Guardians for out-relief.

From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Booth-Tucker, Commissioner

But they would not live at all, were it not for the fact that their inadequate wages are supplemented, directly, in many cases, by out-relief, and indirectly by numerous forms of charity.

From Constructive Imperialism by Milner, Viscount

When the Board are disposing of the out-relief cases, it is by this knowledge the Board are guided.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

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