| 单词 | poundage |
| 释义 | poundage noun[U] uk/ˈpaʊndɪdʒ/usMONEY thechargethat is made for eachpoundofmoney: Thebusinessratepoundage is the same for all non-domestic ratepayers. MEASURES thechargethat is made for eachpoundinweight: Theremovalfirmchargedbycubicfootratherthan by poundage. Examplesofpoundagepoundage He will be looking at not only the ratepoundage, but at the speeches of councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because of the disgraceful withdrawal of rate support grant from those deprived areas that rate poundages are so high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a flaw in the system but a natural consequence of thepoundageequalising system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is concerned with equalising the cost in ratepoundageterms of equal variations in expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, if the ratepoundageis set nationally, as it is for the business rate, then that is untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Where rate poundages are high, business will choose to locate elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Total expenditure is taken into account in determining grant related poundages, multipliers, and, perhaps most importantly, the individual entitlements to grant of each local authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the valuations that make any difference; it is the rate ofpoundage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that this is the first time that thepoundagehas been raised since 1796. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Another thing which has not been mentioned so far is that the acid test, in the end, will be thepoundage—the rate in the £. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Year on year, between revaluations, thepoundagecannot rise ahead of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Increases in thepoundagecannot exceed the increase in the retail prices index and businesses pay rates on a common basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have done will be of proportionately greater benefit to the ratepayers of authorities which set low rate poundages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The real burden in terms of rates lies in ratepoundageand not in revaluation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Rate poundages for each local authority in 1984–85 and 1985–86 are shown in columns 1 and 2. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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