词汇 | peppercorn |
释义 | peppercorn noun[ C ] uk /ˈpep.ə.kɔːn/ us /ˈpep.ɚ.kɔːrn/ a small, dried fruit that looks like a seed and is crushed to produce pepper胡椒粒 only_fabrizio/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Herbs & spices aji ajwain Aleppo pepper allspice ancho cilantro cinnamon cinnamon stick coarse salt common salt hot pepper iodized salt Italian parsley jalapeño kitchen salt purslane ras el hanout red pepper sage sassafras Examples of peppercornpeppercorn Additional benefits received by workers include incentive bonuses, free housing and hospitals, and land for cultivation at peppercorn rents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the first five years the rent will be a peppercorn rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I still fail to understand how he is to pay by periodical payments of a peppercorn rent for a road which has been dug up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has no value to the commission since it is on long lease with a peppercorn rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many owners offered their houses in the national emergency, either for peppercorn rents or for nominal rents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, a peppercorn is valuable consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That evidence was totally negative and contained not a peppercorn of constructive policy on the subject of milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come now to an even more important matter relating to the peppercorn rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second point is that this asks for a peppercorn rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases, ground rents are merely tokens—some are almost peppercorn rents—and do not in any way represent the value of the property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a good many peppercorns before he has paid people out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are absolutely peppercorn in this day and age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is possibly akin to feeding a ravenous man with a peppercorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are long-term leases, annual leases and no leases at all, but simply informal arrangements, with rents which range from "peppercorn" to near-commercial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frequently, where there is an estate in which peppercorn sales have been made, the cost of maintenance and administration per house has risen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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