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[bat-l] 
noun, verb, -teled, -tel⋅ing. British–noun
| 1. | an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses. |
| 2. | battels, expenses, bills, and accounts of a student at Oxford, including those for clothing, books, and personal expenses as well as for tuition, lodging, and food. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to have an account with or to be supplied with food and drink from a college kitchen or buttery at Oxford University. |
Origin:
1700–10; cf. NL batellae (1636), batillī (1557), prob. to be identified with late ME batell (in AL), taken to mean “charge for provisions”; of obscure orig.; kinship with Scots, N England dial. ba(i)ttle rich, fattening (of pasture) is dubious
1700–10; cf. NL batellae (1636), batillī (1557), prob. to be identified with late ME batell (in AL), taken to mean “charge for provisions”; of obscure orig.; kinship with Scots, N England dial. ba(i)ttle rich, fattening (of pasture) is dubious
Related forms:
bat⋅tel⋅er, noun
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