| 单词 | relief roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelief roll relief roll n. North American a list or register of people receiving relief (sense 5a), esp. from the state. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > list of recipients of poor roll1580 poor book1662 relief roll1829 1829 Christian Watchman 7 Aug. 127/1 His name is to be struck off the relief roll. 1870 A. Sandham Ville-Marie ii. v. 301 All applicants for the first time are visited before relief is extended... The number of families on the relief roll is 531. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 8 The President himself has said that road building will ‘take very few people off the relief rolls’... Spending should be limited to relief. 1999 D. M. Kennedy Freedom from Fear vi. 164 Studies showed that one-fifth of all the people on the federal relief rolls were black. < as lemmas |
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