| 单词 | town box |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown box town box n. now historical a box containing the public funds, documents, etc., of a town; the town chest. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a sovereign or state > specific town town's money1491 town box1550 town chest1591 1550 in L. F. Salzman Town Bk. Lewes (1946) 5 One of the Constables shall allwayes have yn his keepyng the towne boxe & the other the towne keye. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα Embleme Trees sig. **ij Upon the confiscation of them to their Town-box or Exchequer. 1684 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 112 Five merks to the toun box, and fyve merks to the dean of gild box. 1801 C. Cruttwell Tour Great Brit. IV. 121 In the town box is preserved a copy, or counterpart, of a petition sent to the king. 1970 W. B. Stephens & N. Fuidge in W. B. Stephens Hist. Congleton iii. 74 In 1647 the mayor had to disburse £2 2s from the town box. < as lemmas |
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