单词 | danger money |
释义 | > as lemmasdanger money danger money n. a payment made beyond basic wages for dangerous work; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > extra payments > for specific working conditions noise money1883 dirty money1897 hazard pay1935 danger money1942 dirt money1949 1942 W. H. Beveridge Social Insurance 39 If an occupation is specially hazardous it should carry remuneration—‘danger money’. But to give danger money only in the form of higher wages, that is to say, only so long as no accident has occurred, is of little value. 1953 B. Boland Return in Plays of Year IX. 341 There is nothing on this earth so dangerous as putting out a finger to touch another human being's life... We should get danger-money. 1958 Economist 15 Nov. 573/2 It means..adding a new regiment of Naafi volunteers, with their ‘danger money’, to the British men and women who will have to be protected. 1966 Punch 19 Jan. 90/1 It may be that the rage for allowances was originally inspired by the dockers, with their claims for danger money, dirty money,..and all the rest. < as lemmas |
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