Definitions for battels

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battels bat·tel

Spelling: [bat-l]

IPA: /ˈbæt l/

Battels is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in battels (abelstt).

Definitions for battels

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)

1. to have an account with or to be supplied with food and drink from a college kitchen or buttery at Oxford University.

Origin of battels

1700-10; compare New Latin batellae (1636), batillī (1557), probably to be identified with late Middle English batell (in AL), taken to mean “charge for provisions”; of obscure origin; kinshi

Examples for battels

The French king also ordered his battels with the aduise of his capteins.

Will it be believed that the battels (bills) in College are connected with this word?

"There go some windows into their battels," said Mr. Bielby.

On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.

This, indeed, is proved sufficiently by the average amount of the battels.

The rest of the day was spent in seeing about battels and getting into the new ways.