单词 | free list |
释义 | free listn. 1. A list of persons from whom, or things on which, payment is not required. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [noun] > list of persons or things free of charge free list1806 1806 Let. 26 Dec. in M. Wells Mem. Life Mrs. Sumbel (1811) III. 212 He has received Mr. Thomas Sheridan's directions to put her name and friend on the free-list. 1833 Deb. Congr. U.S. 20 Feb. 1749 The gentleman moved to strike the article of cotton out from the free list of imports. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 5 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iv. 475 We went to the Haymarket Theatre, where Douglas Jerrold is on the free list. 1903 N.E.D. at List sb.6 Free list (a) a list of persons who are allowed free admission to a place of entertainment; (b) a list of articles which are exempt from duty under the revenue laws. 1928 Decatur (Illinois) Herald 7 Sept. 6/3 Mr. Curtis has told the farmers that many of the things which they buy have been placed on the free list by the present tariff. 1969 Listener 13 Nov. 680/3 The Spectator's reviewer..has been dropped from the free list at that theatre. 1996 Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) 22 Feb. 1 d Critics of the parking perks allege that some people on the free list have parked for several days while on personal trips. 2. U.S. Stock Market. A list of securities which are only called on request, rather than as a matter of course. Now historical. ΚΠ 1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 20 The securities..are divided into two classes, known respectively as the Regular and the Free List... The Regular List must be called in sequence by the Vice-President in the chair: the Free List may or may not be called at the option of members. 1882 J. D. McCabe New York 337 Two lists of stocks, the Regular and the Free List, being called each time. 1995 Econ. Jrnl. 105 464 The Regular List of Securities arose to 307 by 1869. In addition, a ‘Free list’ of shares was called after the official, with inclusion on the simple request of a member. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806 |
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