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ˈpoor-rate Also 8–9 poor's rate. A rate or assessment, for the relief or support of the poor.1601 Acc. Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 80, ixs. xd...for the pur rait mony. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia ix. iv, I pay the poor's rate, and that's what I call charity enough for any man. 1797 Monthly Mag. III. ...
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Poor rate
In England and Wales the poor rate was a tax on property levied in each parish, which was used to provide poor relief. It was collected under both the Old Poor Law and the New Poor Law. It was absorbed into 'general rate' local taxation in the 1920s, and has continuity with the currently existing Co...
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Five Great Reads: Poor Things dissected, the heart rate secret, and ...
1 day agoPlaying the cad: Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things. Photograph: Atsushi Nishijima/AP. When my teenage cousin walked out of the cinema after watching Poor Things, he turned to my uncle ...
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John Acland (author)
An act of parliament had provided that the funds of friendly societies might be supplemented by grants in aid from the proceeds of the poor-rate; it provided It excited considerable attention at a time when the increase of the poor-rate was causing general anxiety.
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Exodus
Exodus (ˈɛksədəs) [a. L. exodus, a. Gr. ἔξοδος going out, f. ἐξ out + ὁδός way.] 1. The title of the book of the Old Testament which relates the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt. (In 14–16th c. sometimes ‘Book of Exodi’, retaining the Lat. genitive.)c 1000 ælfric On O.T. (Sweet) 63 Seo oðer ...
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Howden
The average annual poor-rate expenditure for the period 1834–36 had been £6,263.
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poor
▪ I. poor, a. (n.) (pʊə(r), pɔə(r)) Forms: α. 3–5 pouere (povere), 3–6 pouer (pover), (4 poeuere, poeure, pouir), 4–5 poer, powere, 5 poyr, 5–6 power, (6 poware). β. 3–5 poure, 4– 6 powre, pour. γ. 3–7 (–9 dial.) pore, 4–7 poore, (6) 7– poor. δ. Sc. and north. dial. 4–6 pur, 4–8 pure, (4 puyre, 5 pw...
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Andover workhouse scandal
Following the introduction of the new poor law regime in the South of England, the poor-rate fell by twenty per cent and the system was credited with having
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cottage
▪ I. cottage (ˈkɒtɪdʒ) Forms: 4–6 cotage, 5– cottage. [app. a. AF. *cotage, in latinized form cotagium, f. cota cote1, cot1. The force of the suffix was prob. to denote a cot and its appurtenances, a cottage tenement; but no distinct evidence of this is quoted. Mod.F. cottage is from Eng. OF. had co...
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T. W. Robertson
Robertson's, "The Poor-Rate Unfolds a Tale", formed the basis for his next play at the Prince of Wales's, but before that he had two plays staged at other
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rate
▪ I. rate, n.1 (reɪt) Also 5–6 Sc. rait, 6 ratte, rayt, 7 reat, (9 dial. raate). [a. OF. rate, (raite, ratte, etc., see Godef.), ad. med.L. rata (from L. pro ratā parte, portiōne, also pro ratā pro rata), fem. of ratus, pa. pple. of rērī to think, judge: see ratio n.] I. † 1. a. The (total) computed...
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Human rights in the Quran
The message is made clearly and unambiguously in the following verse " Those, who, Should We establish them in the law, will keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate
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مظاهرات كوتشابامبا لعام 2000
"Bechtel battles against dirt-poor Bolivia: Nation severed water deal after hefty rate increases led to protests"
"Cochabamba's Water Rebellion -- and
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parish
▪ I. parish, n. (ˈpærɪʃ) Forms: α. 3–7 paroche, 4–8 paroch, (4 proche, 6 parroch(e). β. 4 parosche, -osshe, -osse, 5 -oish, -ossh, -os; 4–5 parizs, -yzsh, (-ise, parshe, persche), 4– parish, (5 parisch(e, -isshe, -issche, -isse, -esche, -essh, -es, -eche, -ysch(e, -ysh(e, -yssh, -ysse, parresche, -y...
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St Peter's Church, Petersfield
There are churchwardens' accounts in six books from 1751 to 1815, and poor-rate accounts from 1697.
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