| 单词 | vote on account |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvote on account b. vote on account: a resolution at the end of a financial year to assign a sum of money to a government department as an advance payment before its full annual expenditure is authorized by law; a sum of money assigned in this way.Cf. vote of credit at credit n. 10b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > assignment of state money supply1609 concordatum1625 jagir1676 vote on account1797 revote1807 pork barrel1873 token vote1923 additionality1959 1797 1st Rep. Select Comm. Finance (House of Commons) 265 Either a vote of credit, or a vote on account of services not fully specified..must be resorted to, whenever the nature and circumstances of the service appear to be such as to be likely to call for peculiarly large ready-money payments. 1815 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 30 476 He should be glad to know whether the million of dollars, which was to be paid monthly, was included in the three million sterling, which would be deducted from the vote on account? 1926 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 8 176 Parliament was prorogued and dissolved a few days later, after large votes on account had been taken and embodied in two of the six Part Appropriation Acts of the year. 2004 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 23 Jan. 211/1 The government has to be content with an interim budget and a vote on account that authorises it to carry on with revenue collection and expenditure on the existing lines. < as lemmas |
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