out-relief

American  

[out-ri-leef] / ˈaʊt rɪˌlif /

noun

British.

1. public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.

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out-relief British  

noun

1. Also called: outdoor relief.  English history money given to poor people not living in a workhouse

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Etymology

Origin of out-relief

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

But they would not live at all, were it not for the fact that their inadequate wages are supplemented, directly, in many cases, by out-relief, and indirectly by numerous forms of charity.

From Constructive Imperialism by Milner, Viscount

When the Board are disposing of the out-relief cases, it is by this knowledge the Board are guided.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

A few weeks ago the whole parish of St. Jude, Whitechapel, with a population of sixty thousand, provided only four applicants to the Board of Guardians for out-relief.

From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Booth-Tucker, Commissioner