| 单词 | to appoint, set a stint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto appoint, set a stint a. A measure, rate, gauge of amount, price, size, etc. fixed by authority. Chiefly in the phrases to set, etc. at one stint, to appoint, set a stint. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard assizea1400 standard1424 gaugec1450 stint1485 stand1550 standing measure1556 Johansson1918 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun] tacka1300 taxa1327 tail1340 stent138. emption1467 duty1474 stint1485 teamc1485 liverage1544 stipend1545 toust1574 sess1579 cut1634 censure1641 gild1656 leviation1681 levation1690 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > valuation for extentc1330 stent138. stint1485 rating1534 assessmentc1540 ratement?1577 rate1600 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > assessed value extentc1330 stent138. stint1485 α. β. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 54 The number of Senatours growing still to a shameful and confused company..he reduced to the auncient stent [L. modum].figurative.1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1290/2 God..limited of his owne wisedome and goodnes, after what rate and stynt, the commoditie therof shoulde be employed vppon vs.a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xi. sig. C.iiv Both for release and rewarde tempored after suche rate as his..wisdome shal see conueniently for vs: wherof our blinde mortalite can not here ymagine nor deuise the stynt.1485–6 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 320 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 In case that hydes come to an heigher or a lougher price than they bene nowe, that then the Maire..shal sett the saide crafte att one stynte accordynge to rayson. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 168 The standard of the ounce was euer at one stynt, although the valuation of coynes altered. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiii, in Wks. (1662) 65 Convenient it was to provide, that there might be a moderate stint appointed to measure their expences by. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 57 There is a stint, and reasonable proportion allotted, and set..what quantite..euery man may ship out. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. M6 But belike there is a limitation of the summe that is owed; so that if the summe..be aboue the stint, he shall not be released. 1715 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 133 Severall Stints were set for the better Regulating the Affairs of the Parish. 1794 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk 78 A child's stint..for braiding nets..is four-pence a day. < as lemmas |
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