out-relief

[ out-ri-leef ]

nounBritish.

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

Origin of out-relief

First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby out-relief

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How to use out-relief in a sentence

I will write to the Guardians to ask if they will allow you out-relief, but I fear they will say you are too destitute!'
Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
The Guardians wouldn't give me the little bit of out-relief I asked for—four shillings would have done us nicely.
Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
When the Board are disposing of the out-relief cases, it is by this knowledge the Board are guided.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 | Various
There is also an art of bringing out relief by an accompaniment, like the two images of the stereoscope.
Practical Essays | Alexander Bain
Failing that, out-relief has a tendency to perpetuate sweating.
From Workhouse to Westminster | George Haw

British Dictionary definitions for out-relief

out-relief

noun

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

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