A share in a venture; esp. in Whaling, the proportion of the proceeds of a voyage which is allotted to a man.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared > share of profits > of fishing or whaling expedition (4) lay1850 A share in a venture; esp. in Whaling, the proportion of the proceeds of a voyage which is allotted to a man. voyage1859 Whaling. (See quot. 1859.) liver money1897 money distributed to the crew, etc., on the basis of the number of fish livers extracted from the haul of a commercial fishing trip; cf. stocker, n.… stocker1904 dialect. Fish of other kinds taken when fishing for herring or pilchards (Eng. Dial. Dict.); a sum of money accruing to a member of the crew as his… |
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