scot and lot

American  

noun

1. British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.

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idioms

1. pay scot and lot, to pay in full; settle finally.

scot and lot British  

noun

1. history a municipal tax paid by burgesses and others that came to be regarded as a qualification for the borough franchise in parliamentary elections (until the Reform Act of 1832)

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Etymology

Origin of scot and lot

1275–1325; Middle English, rhyming phrase; see scot, lot

Example Sentences

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scot and lot

The register contained rather under sixteen hundred voters on a scot and lot qualification, to elect a couple of members.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley

At Gatton the right of election lay in the hands of freeholders and householders paying scot and lot; but the only elector was Lord Monson, who returned two members.

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

Occasionally she visited the town, to the consternation of its worthy citizens, who never failed to presage evil to "scot and lot" from her presence.

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham

We must remember, in extenuation, that the executive, the destroying hand of Douglas was over him: “It was time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid him scot and lot too.”

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith

A pays scot and lot, and has a nothink for it but law.

From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft