| 单词 | petty farm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty farm petty farm n. now historical a minor source of government revenue; = petty custom n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > market dues > [noun] > farming of petty customs petty farm1600 1600 Cullery Admittance Bks. in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeol. Soc. (1883) 6 309 Item the rent of the cullerie or pettye farmes of the cittye. 1682 E. Chamberlayne 2nd Pt. Present State Eng. (ed. 11) 234 The Commissioners..have the whole Charge and Management of all His Majesties Customs (the Petty-Farms excepted) in all the Ports of England. 1757 S. Paterson Catal. Coll. Manuscripts Sir. J. Caesar 92 Sir Lionel Cranfield's proposal touching the petty farm of currants. 1979 Econ. Hist. Rev. 32 11 Between 1632 and 1640 the farms of wines and currants were linked together as a ‘petty farm’. < as lemmas |
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