POOR RATES
Dictionary entry overview: What does poor rates mean? • POOR RATES (noun)
The noun POOR RATES has 1 sense:
1. a local tax for the relief of the poor
Familiarity information: POOR RATES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POOR RATES (noun)
Meaning:
A local tax for the relief of the poor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("poor rates" is a kind of...):
rates (a local tax on property (usually used in the plural))
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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