单词 | pay scot and lot |
释义 | > as lemmasto pay (both) scot and lot (also †to pay lot and scot) b. to pay (both) scot and lot (also †to pay lot and scot): to pay all relevant municipal charges; to pay one's local or municipal taxes; also in extended use. Now historical. ΚΠ 1530–1 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 110 Admytit burges sa that he pay scot and lot, varde and vaik within our fredom. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 42 §6 The said barbours..shal beare and pay lot and scot..within the sayd citie. 1640 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 28 Apr. 20 68 The Election was free to euery one that paid Scott & lott. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 5. ⁋3 The freeholders of Great Britain, as well as those that pay scot and lot. 1737 Proposal to supply Trade with Medium of Exchange 2 They pay lot and scot as much, and more in Proportion, than their rich Neighbours, and therefore they ought not to be refused, if they can give Security. 1786 Peckham Gardener iv. 10 Full Twenty Years, and more, I've paid both Scot and Lot. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. i. 5 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIII. 1 The Juries are selected by the bailiffs from the inhabitants paying scot and lot. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 21 This notable Club Pacchiarotto Had joined long since, paid scot and lot to, As free and accepted ‘Bardotto’. 2004 Albion 36 598 The right of election lay with the inhabitants of the borough paying scot and lot. to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot P3. to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot: to pay (a person) in full; to settle with finally and completely; (chiefly figurative) to give (a person) what is deserved. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) foryield971 to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175 acquitc1300 quitc1330 restore?a1400 refound1438 requite1530 regrate?c1550 repay1557 redub1558 quittance1590 to meet witha1593 to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598 meeta1625 retaliate1629 reimburse1644 compensate1804 to even up on1879 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 113 Twas time to counterfet, or that hot termagant Scot had paide me scot and lot too. View more context for this quotation 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 166 Thou hast indeed payed me Scot and lot; and even left a balance in my hands. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxiv. 301 I'll pay you off scot and lot by and bye. 1893 E. Nesbit Grim Tales 97 I pray to God above us to pay you scot and lot for all you done to 'er. 1921 K. Preston Splinters 123 He pays his grocer scot and lot. < as lemmas |
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