| 单词 | whisky money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhisky money whisky money n. Historical the proportion of the beer and spirit duty which was allocated to technical education by the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act of 1890. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > proportion of specific duty assigned whisky money1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 495/1 If the ‘whisky’ money..were found to be well and carefully expended, no future Chancellor would be able to divert it to any other purpose. 1937 G. A. N. Lowndes Silent Social Revol. ii. 39 Action taken by the Technical Education Committees of the County Councils..to encourage the formation of classes and guarantee them financial support out of the ‘Whiskey Money’. 1973 L. Holcombe Victorian Ladies at Work ii. 30 A portion of the ‘whisky money’, the proceeds from the increased duties on beer and spirits, to be spent on technical education by the county and county borough councils. < as lemmas |
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