scot and lot

noun

British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.

Idioms for scot and lot

    pay scot and lot, to pay in full; settle finally.

Origin of scot and lot

1275–1325; Middle English, rhyming phrase; see scot, lot

Words nearby scot and lot

scorpionfish, scorpionfly, scorpius, scorsese, scot, scot and lot, scot-free, scot., scot. gael., scotch, scotch blackface

Example sentences from the Web for scot and lot

  • Scot-and-lot voters were the independent electors of Lansmere, with the additional franchise of Freemen.

    My Novel, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for scot and lot

scot and lot

noun

British history a municipal tax paid by burgesses and others that came to be regarded as a qualification for the borough franchise in parliamentary elections (until the Reform Act of 1832)

Word Origin for scot and lot

C13 scot tax, from Germanic; compare Old Norse skot; related to Old French escot (French écot) + lot (in the obsolete sense: tax)