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Meaning of battels | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A small sum of money given to pupils.

Examples

“Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master. On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

battement Batten Batten disease batten down the hatches battenberg Battenberg cake

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