poor rate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The system is bad, as it creates more claimants on your poor rate.
From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford
In the obligation laid on parishes to support their poor workers, in the poor rate, in legal benevolence.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
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
List of persons assessed for poor rate in Southwark, April 6, 1609, in which Shakespeare’s name appears.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir
What the memorable year of scarcity really was in a locality like this is best understood by means of the poor rate.
From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred
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