civil list

English

Noun

civil list (plural civil lists)

  1. A list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government, originally for expenses supporting the monarch.
    • 2018, David Birmingham, A Concise History of Portugal:
      The recession also affected the textile industry and in 1868 urban protests forced the government to reduce taxation and cut the royal family's civil list.
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