| 单词 | what's the damage? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's the damage? 5. slang. Cost, expense. Esp. in what's the damage? how much is there to pay? ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses costningc1275 spense1297 costagesa1325 misesa1325 spenses1377 dispensec1380 expensesc1384 pensiona1387 costsc1390 resaillec1450 chargec1460 charges1514 outgiving1556 disbursement1607 going-outs1607 defalcation1622 outgoing1622 expense1632 outgoa1641 damage1755 outset1755 expenditure1791 outspend1859 ex1864 paid-out1883 outs1884 x's1894 1755 Connoisseur No. 68. ⁋10 ‘There’, says he, ‘there's your damage—thirteen and two-pence.’ 1812 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) II. 179 I must pay the damage, and will thank you to tell me the amount of the engraving. 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 29 ‘What is the damage?’ This expression is equivalent to ‘What expence have I incurred?’ ‘What must I pay?’ 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 216 What's the damage, as they say in Kentucky..what's to be paid out for this business? 1855 C. Dickens Let. 21 Oct. (1993) VII. 724 Excellent stowage for the whole family... Damage for the whole, 700 francs a month. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xxii. 303 What's the damage for the sort o' thing ye're drivin' at this morning? 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xi ‘What's the damage?’ ‘Damage?’ echoes Lubbins, not understanding this Americanism. ‘Yes, how much do I owe?’ < as lemmas |
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