(the) Civil List

(the) Civil List
the Civil List UK US
the amount of money that the British parliament gives to members of the British royal family each year http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/civil-list-the.htm
Thesaurus: unspecified amounts of moneyhyponym large amounts of moneysynonym

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