precept
- IPA[ˈpriːsɛpt]
英式
- a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought；a writ or warrant
noun: precept, plural noun: precepts
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought the legal precept of being innocent until proven guilty children learn far more by example than by precept 同義詞
- 2. a writ or warrant the Commissioner issued precepts requiring the companies to provide information
- 3. British an order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf the precept required a supplementary rate of 6.1p in the pound
- ▪ a rate or tax set by a precept.
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- IPA[ˈprēˌsept]
美式
- a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought: the legal precept of being innocent until proven guilty children learn far more by example than by precept
Oxford American Dictionary
