| 单词 | university chest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasUniversity Chest University Chest n. (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) the funds of the university; the office which receives and administers these, a finance office, committee, or board.Originally with reference to an actual chest or chests in which funds were kept. The term is still used informally at Oxford and Cambridge, although it no longer occurs in the official designation of any board or office. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a corporation or institution treasury1560 University Chest?1625 chest1662 exposure1975 ?1625 F. Godwin Succession of Bishops of Eng. 426 He burlded Trinity hall in Cambridge... He founded also the hall of the Anunciation of our Lady, and bestowed one of the Uniuersity chests. 1691 A. Wood Fasti Oxoniensis in Athenæ Oxonienses I. 636 He died in the Year 1521, at which time he bequeathed twenty Marks to the University Chest. 1717 E. Miller Acct. Univ. Cambr. 177 Neither the Vice-chancellor.., or the University Chest, get one Farthing of Money by it. 1870 Addenda Corpus Statutorum Universitatis Oxoniensis ii. 800 The Curators of the University Chest. 1996 P. Atiyah in P. Birks Wrongs & Remedies in 21st Cent. i. 10 (note) I am informed by the University Chest that an Oxford professor's basic salary in..1995 [was] £36,827. 2004 Statutes & Ordinances Univ. Cambr. 127 In any year in which the audited accounts show a sufficient balance the Syndicate shall pay over to the University Chest..a proportion of the balance. < as lemmas |
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