poor rate

British  

noun

1. English history a rate or tax levied by parishes for the relief or support of the poor

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poor rate

These expenses are payable out of a common fund which is raised out of the poor rate of the several parishes in the district, according to the rateable value of each.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

What kept the poor rate down both last year and this was the amount of relief given out.

From The South Isles of Aran by Burke, Oliver J.

There was no poor rate, no capitation tax, no tithes, or ecclesiastical rates of any kind.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton

There's nothing fer 'em here but farm labour an' the poor rate.

From Old Junk by Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham)

Of the two estimates of the poor rate mentioned in the text one was formed by Arthur Moore, the other, some years later, by Richard Dunning.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron