pound rate
now historical
noun
A property tax or tithe expressed as a proportion of each pound of the assessed value of the property.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Culmer (c1597–1662), Church of England clergyman and iconoclast.
- Wellsean
- well-seasoned
- we'll see about that
- well-seeing
- well-seeming
- well seen
- well-selected
- well-selling
- well-served
- well set
- well set on
- well-settled
- Wells, Fargo & Co.
- well-shading
- well-shaped
- well-shapen
- well-sharpened
- well-shaved
- well-shaven
- well-sheltered
- Wells, H. G.
- acre shot
- acre's length
- a cricket score
- acrid