英语词汇“to make a raise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to make a raise: to raise funds, make (a sum of) money; to get possession of something, esp. by illicit means. Cf. raise v.¹ 27.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > obtain money

to work the oracle1823

to make a raise1825

scuffle1946

1825 Boston Commerc. Gaz. 5 Dec. 4/2 He met Wright, an old prison chum, and..they agreed to do some business to make a raise, for which purpose he entered on Capt. Starbuck's vessel as steward, and..took the money.

1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 96 I made a raise of a horse and saw, after being a wood-piler's prentice for a while.

1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. vii. 189 They were all to proceed next day ‘to make a raise’, as they termed it, on the stranger camp, where their debts to others would be unknown.

1885 C. A. Siringo Texas Cow Boy Pref. p. x An old stove-up New York preacher..had made a raise of several hundred thousand dollars.

1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 15 Make a raise, to secure a loan.

1966 C. T. Barnes & D. B. Jensen Dict. Utah Slang 29 I was broke but I made a raise, and got back home.

1992 V. Headley Yardie (1993) 148 You can get some pounds, or some business to hustle so you can make a raise.

单词	to make a raise
释义	> as lemmas to make a raise slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to make a raise: to raise funds, make (a sum of) money; to get possession of something, esp. by illicit means. Cf. raise v.¹ 27. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > obtain money to work the oracle1823 to make a raise1825 scuffle1946 1825 Boston Commerc. Gaz. 5 Dec. 4/2 He met Wright, an old prison chum, and..they agreed to do some business to make a raise, for which purpose he entered on Capt. Starbuck's vessel as steward, and..took the money. 1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 96 I made a raise of a horse and saw, after being a wood-piler's prentice for a while. 1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. vii. 189 They were all to proceed next day ‘to make a raise’, as they termed it, on the stranger camp, where their debts to others would be unknown. 1885 C. A. Siringo Texas Cow Boy Pref. p. x An old stove-up New York preacher..had made a raise of several hundred thousand dollars. 1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 15 Make a raise, to secure a loan. 1966 C. T. Barnes & D. B. Jensen Dict. Utah Slang 29 I was broke but I made a raise, and got back home. 1992 V. Headley Yardie (1993) 148 You can get some pounds, or some business to hustle so you can make a raise. extracted from raisen.¹ < as lemmas
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