| 单词 | rating franchise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrating franchise rating franchise n. a system in which the right to vote in public elections is determined by the payment of rates at a particular level; occasionally with specified amount. ΚΠ 1840 Times 4 Aug. 6/5 What I complain of most is, that the franchise has been made a 10l.-rating franchise. 1891 Eng. Hist. Rev. 6 397 Biennial parliaments, a redistribution of seats, a rating franchise..and toleration, are among the chief features of this document. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 52 It is not certain that Whigs..supported the rating franchise because its operation would vary from place to place. 1998 K. T. Hoppen Mid-Victorian Generation ii. viii. 246 Russell's initial idea was to go for a rating franchise—that is, one based on the property valuations made in each locality for poor-rate purposes and, therefore, allegedly more ‘scientific’ than the existing system—set at £12 in counties and £6 in boroughs. < as lemmas |
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