precept

Parish and town councils can also levy a charge - known as a precept - to fund their work, which is not subject to a cap.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

In a sprawling nation founded on the precept of individual liberty and populated primarily by immigrants from around the world, there was hardly one American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

But adhering to that simple, basic precept can provoke the virulent accusation of “antisemitism.”

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2024

As I wrote down Mr. Browne’s September precept, I suddenly realized that I was going to like school.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

He joins Barron’s editors Lauren Rublin and Andrew Bary today at noon to discuss the current market climate, precepts of value investing, and some of his favorite stocks.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

Yet in recent years Heritage has drifted from these precepts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

The organization’s refusal to change from its founding precepts is what makes those precepts sacrosanct to some and archaic to others.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

King Louis lost Lombardy, therefore, by not following any of the precepts observed by others who seized territories and wished to retain them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli