corn laws

Corn Law

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kɔrn lɑː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kɔrn lɑː/

Definitions of corn laws words

noun plural corn laws the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846 3
noun corn laws in England, certain laws imposing heavy duties on the importation of grain, repealed in 1846 3
noun corn laws any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846. 1

See all 3 definitions of corn laws

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Corn laws

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Corn laws

corn laws popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

corn laws usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer