| 单词 | town's money |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown's money town's money n. now rare the public funds of a town; money belonging to a town. 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 1491 in P. Studer Oak Bk. Southampton (1910) I. 153 (margin) Townes monye in the Coffers and no stallmentt butt by comon Assentte. c1600 Maldon MS Rec. in Essex Herald 9 May (1905) 7/5 [One of Cade's charges against the authorities was] spending of towne's-money against their lawful preacher. 1777 in T. Gage Hist. Rowley (Mass.) (1840) 257 Voted,..to pay each man three pounds, out of town's money, as advanced pay. 1894 Granite Monthly Sept. 193/1 With a liberal expenditure of town's money two parks have been inaugurated. 1910 Good Housek. Mag. Mar. 298/1 It ain't sense or good business to dump a lot of town's money into a contraption just to help summer sojourners go gaddin' more handy. < as lemmas |
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