civil list

Noun

Meaning

a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

repertory register schedule inventory registry enumeration tally appanage itemization apanage checklist items

Hypernyms

budget

Examples

Civil servants and priests, soldiers and ballet-dancers, schoolmasters and police constables, Greek museums and Gothic steeples, civil list and services list the common seed within which all these fabulous beings slumber in embryo is taxation. Karl Marx

Debts amounting to over £3 million over the course of George's reign were paid by Parliament, and the civil list annuity was increased from time to time. Source: Internet

Black, pp. 29–31, 53 and 61. Walpole secured a civil list payment of £100,000 a year for Caroline, and she was given both Somerset House and Richmond Lodge. Source: Internet

Caroline advised George to retain Walpole, who continued to gain royal favour by securing a generous civil list (a fixed annual amount set by Parliament for the king's official expenditure) of £800,000. Source: Internet

Seeking greater efficiency, Morris reduced the civil list, saved money by using competitive bidding for contracts, tightened accounting procedures, and demanded the national government's full share of money and supplies from the confederated states. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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