| 单词 | to buy a borough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto buy a borough c. to own a borough, to buy a borough: to possess or to buy the power of controlling the election of a member of parliament for a borough. close borough n. a borough ‘owned’ by some person.pocket, rotten borough: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > type of borough1512 close borough1771 pocket borough1783 borough-constituency1868 index constituency1888 Euro-constituency1957 supermarginal1960 marginal1966 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > invest with right to vote [verb (transitive)] > hold constituency under private control > buy power of to buy a borough1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 193 The practice of buying boroughs, and canvassing for votes. < as lemmas |
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