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CIVIL LIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Civil List mean? 

CIVIL LIST (noun)
  The noun CIVIL LIST has 1 sense:

1. a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal familyplay

  Familiarity information: CIVIL LIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CIVIL LIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("Civil List" is a kind of...):

budget (a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose)

Domain region:

Britain; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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