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CIVIL LIST
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I. (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)