单词 | mates rates |
释义 | > as lemmasmates rates mates rates n. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand) discounted prices or preferential terms for friends or associates (also with singular agreement). ΚΠ 1980 L. S. Leland Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dict. 64 Mates rates is what you charge your friends, considerably discounted from what you charge the general public. 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 Nov. 6/4 The Premier..had travelled to Japan to raise a loan from Japanese financiers at ‘mates' rates’. 1993 Times (Nexis) 25 June (heading) No ‘mate's rates’ for goddess of free enterprise. 2019 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 36 If moving back home is an option, it..is worth discussing whether your family would agree to you paying ‘mates' rates’ on rent and helping out on bills and chores. < as lemmas |
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