单词 | pay and rations |
释义 | > as lemmaspay and rations c. Originally Military. pay and rations: the wages, provisions, and other supplies allotted to a soldier for military service. In extended use: (British) the remuneration package, consisting of money, bonuses, and other benefits, offered by an employer. ΚΠ 1776 Jrnl. Proc. Provinc. Congr. N. Carolina 25 The Officers and Soldiers of said companies shall be allowed the same pay and Rations as Officers and Soldiers on the continental Establishment. 1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 11 145 The Hamadán regiment was encamped here, and was loud in its complaints relative to pay and rations. 1939 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 11 124 He is skeptical of the success of an all-Indian army and feels that there are large areas in India where it would be difficult to raise a soldier worth his pay and rations. 1956 Times 24 Jan. 9 There are at present in England 15 regional officers of the Arts Council. From next April..there will be seven..regional officers attached to headquarters for pay and rations. 1999 C. Hood Regulation inside Govt. iv. 87 That transformation took the public auditor out of direct Treasury control of ‘pay and rations’ into the hands of a Parliamentary Public Accounts Commission. 2007 Mondaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 21 Aug. HR..was a dynamic function that could look after an organisation and deliver much more than pay and rations. < as lemmas |
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