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Definition of livery company in English: livery companynounˈlɪvəri ˌkʌmpəniˈlɪv(ə)ri ˌkəmp(ə)ni (in the UK) any of a number of Companies of the City of London descended from the medieval trade guilds. They are now largely social and charitable organizations. （英国）同业公会（由伦敦中世纪行会发展而成的伦敦金融和商业区的各种同业公会，现大多演变为社会或慈善机构） Example sentencesExamples - Speaking to my own, Royal Tank Regiment, which has two units in Iraq, I was told our affiliated London City livery company, the Vintners, has made a very generous donation of money for the immediate welfare of our families.
- He was an honorary medical officer to the Royal Windsor Horse show and the Guards Polo Club from their inception and a member of the Barbers livery company.
- Three canvases remained in the family, and were in due course given to The Goldsmiths' Company as a consequence of the family's long-standing association with that particular livery company.
- Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, founded the almshouses for the poor men of Greenwich shortly before his death in 1614 and entrusted its management to the Mercers' Company, which is a livery company.
- A limited number of these have survived in England, mostly in the collections of city livery companies, but one of the most stunning examples is in the Portland Art Museum (Pl. V).
- There are official connections with the City of London because nearly all the restoration money came from the City from banks and the livery companies.
- The uniformly good to high quality of the output also suggests some form of quality control, perhaps indicating that the regulatory role of the livery companies was far from over.
- Frequented by stockbrokers, trading and livery companies, insurance schemes (spurred by the fire of 1666) were initiated, ‘bubble’ schemes hatched, and ships' passages announced there.
- During the mid 1800s, many colleges purchased their own barges, often from London livery companies, which they used as club rooms and moored alongside Christ Church meadow.
- The trades were in theory all supervised and regulated by the livery companies, one for each trade.
- Ancient crafts met modern technology when members of a London livery company visited Clyde Naval Base.
OriginMid 18th century: so named because of the distinctive costume formerly used for special occasions. Definition of livery company in US English: livery companynounˈlɪv(ə)ri ˌkəmp(ə)niˈliv(ə)rē ˌkəmp(ə)nē (in the UK) any of a number of Companies of the City of London descended from the medieval trade guilds. They are now largely social and charitable organizations. （英国）同业公会（由伦敦中世纪行会发展而成的伦敦金融和商业区的各种同业公会，现大多演变为社会或慈善机构） Example sentencesExamples - Frequented by stockbrokers, trading and livery companies, insurance schemes (spurred by the fire of 1666) were initiated, ‘bubble’ schemes hatched, and ships' passages announced there.
- Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, founded the almshouses for the poor men of Greenwich shortly before his death in 1614 and entrusted its management to the Mercers' Company, which is a livery company.
- During the mid 1800s, many colleges purchased their own barges, often from London livery companies, which they used as club rooms and moored alongside Christ Church meadow.
- The trades were in theory all supervised and regulated by the livery companies, one for each trade.
- Speaking to my own, Royal Tank Regiment, which has two units in Iraq, I was told our affiliated London City livery company, the Vintners, has made a very generous donation of money for the immediate welfare of our families.
- Three canvases remained in the family, and were in due course given to The Goldsmiths' Company as a consequence of the family's long-standing association with that particular livery company.
- A limited number of these have survived in England, mostly in the collections of city livery companies, but one of the most stunning examples is in the Portland Art Museum (Pl. V).
- Ancient crafts met modern technology when members of a London livery company visited Clyde Naval Base.
- The uniformly good to high quality of the output also suggests some form of quality control, perhaps indicating that the regulatory role of the livery companies was far from over.
- There are official connections with the City of London because nearly all the restoration money came from the City from banks and the livery companies.
- He was an honorary medical officer to the Royal Windsor Horse show and the Guards Polo Club from their inception and a member of the Barbers livery company.
OriginMid 18th century: so named because of the distinctive costume formerly used for special occasions. |