| 单词 | relief ticket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelief ticket relief ticket n. now chiefly historical (in early use) a small sum of money given to alleviate hardship; (later) a ticket or voucher enabling a person to claim relief. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payments to assist poor relief1438 soldier money1593 relief ticket1830 1830 Times 23 Nov. 2/5 The number of relief-tickets afforded from the above subscription was 4,548. 1848 United Irishman 20 May 224/2 Millions of men, who toiled their lives through from morning to night, found at length they had no rights but a right to public alms, and had realized, with all their toiling, nothing but the chance of a relief-ticket. 1976 J. O'Connor Eleventh Commandment i. 21 He got a bit of beer money and came away laughing; relief tickets, they call them, and worth a couple of quid... The shops that took relief tickets would always overcharge the working class. 1991 J. Marriott Culture of Labourism iv. 151 The daily, petty humiliations of survival—obtaining food with relief tickets, pawning possessions, confronting the rent collector. < as lemmas |
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