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单词 out relief
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Definition of out relief in English:

out relief

noun
mass nounBritish historical
  • Assistance given to very poor people not living in a workhouse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The records of the two towns, while providing basic information on the choice of supplementing out relief with a poorhouse, leave central questions unanswered.
    • Although town records indicate that Bridgewater and Duxbury used out relief as the primary method of public assistance to the poor, each town also constructed or purchased a poor or workhouse after the 1750's.
    • Rural poorhouses were often only temporary, coexisting with traditional forms of out relief and rarely achieved permanent or continuous usage.
 
 
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