- privy purse
- noun Date: 1667 an allowance for the private expenses of the British sovereign
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Privy purse — Privy Priv y, a. [F. priv[ e], fr. L. privatus. See {Private}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. Privee knights and squires. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
privy purse — n , Privy Purse the privy purse money given by the British government to the king or queen for their personal use … Dictionary of contemporary English
privy purse — n. an allowance from the public revenue for the personal expenses of the British sovereign … English World dictionary
Privy Purse — In the past, the UK s Civil Government day to day costs were paid for by the sovereign under normal circumstances, the monies in this Public Purse being raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings. Under extraordinary… … Wikipedia
privy purse — noun allowance for a monarch s personal expenses • Hypernyms: ↑allowance * * * noun the privy purse : the amount of money given to the British king or queen for personal expenses * * * the ˌprivy ˈpurse [privy purse] … Useful english dictionary
Privy Purse — noun the privy purse money given by the British government to the king or queen for their personal use … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Privy Purse in India — In India, the Privy Purse was a grant given since 1947 to the rulers of the princely states of the Indian sub continent as part of their terms of accession to the new republics of India and Pakistan, respectively. The Privy Purse was abolished in … Wikipedia
Privy purse — A part of the *king s wardrobe. Purchases of such things as household stores, and the disbursement of small sums or payment to *mercenaries, were made through the purse; it was also used for receipt of payments made while the king was on his… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
privy purse — priv′y purse n. brit. a sum from the public revenues allotted to the British sovereign for personal expenses • Etymology: 1655–65 … From formal English to slang
keeper of the privy purse — privy purse 2 … Useful english dictionary
