| 单词 | every man has his price |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery man has his price 9. A sum of money or gift given to secure the favour or support of a person; a bribe. Also: the amount of money, etc., needed to procure a certain person's favour or support; chiefly in every man has his price and variants. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > amount of price1780 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1487 (MED) Þe Romeynes hym sendeþ þis prise, And gretyng, and ‘redy to his seruise’. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 254 To procure his fauour for an election, either by petition, or price. 1734 W. Wyndham in Bee 8 97 Every Man has his Price. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xiv. §8 (note) It is a well-known adage, though it is to be hoped not a true one, that every man has his price. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 327 Amongst the lower orders most have their price. 1907 Daily Chron. 27 Mar. 6/6 By the time Sir Robert Walpole arrived on the political scene it was possible for him to be credited with the now familiar saying, ‘Every man has his price’. 1911 J. Clague Cooinaghtyn Manninagh 17 The master of the feast was the person to choose the partner at a dance. Sometimes the master was told to put the wrong pairs together, for that he would get a price (bribe). 1979 F. Iyayi Violence xix. 260 ‘Every man has a price,’ she told herself. She would buy him over now. 1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 12/2 Bush..would have signed the Brady Bill as soon as the Democrats in Congress met his price. < as lemmas |
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