| 单词 | on the slate |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the slate d. A written record of a debt made when purchase of goods is allowed on credit. Also figurative, esp. in on the slate, on account. (See also quot. 1909.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adverb] > on credit to fristc1440 on (also upon, of) trust1509 on (also upon) credit1560 in, upon, on (the) score1568 on time1628 on or upon (the) tick1642 upon the tally1807 on the nod1882 on the slate1909 on the cuff1927 on the knocker1934 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > an account or reckoning accountc1300 taila1325 laya1400 tale1401 reckoningc1405 tailye1497 accounterc1503 lawing1535 note1587 post1604 chalking1613 tally1614 computus1631 tick1681 tab1889 slate1909 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 188/1 On the slate (Lower Peoples'), written up against you—from the credit~slate kept in chandlers' shops. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 358 Lose your customers that way. Pubs do. Fellows run up a bill on the slate and then slinking around the back streets into somewhere else. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Oct. 1/5 [London] Many food stores are putting the bills ‘on the slate’ until the men go back to work. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 114 The Site Committee..made history by going on the slate and ticking up a few rounds of drinks. 1973 J. Marks Mick Jagger (1974) 39 He let them run a slate because they seemed like good sorts. 1980 Observer 7 Dec. 3/3 He knew of pharmacists who had been asked to put the bill ‘on the slate’ by families needing four or five prescriptions. < as lemmas |
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