scot and lot

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scot and lot

A municipal tax formerly levied in Great Britain on the members of a community in proportion to their ability to pay.

Idiom:

pay scot and lot

To pay in full.

scot and lot

(Historical Terms) Brit 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)

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

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Noun

scot and lot - obligations of all kinds taken as a whole

financial obligation, indebtedness, liability - an obligation to pay money to another party

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