grace and favour
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In 1986 a fire began in a grace-and-favour apartment above the King's Apartments in the south Wren wing."
- "In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers."
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable