单词 | expedition-money |
释义 | > as lemmasexpedition-money expedition-money n. a fee or money paid for hastening the performance of any work. ΚΠ 1725 G. Berkeley Let. 12 June in Wks. (1871) IV. 112 The Charter..hath cost me 130 pounds..besides expedition-money to men in office. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 41 I next inquired what expedition-money might have been given. 1866 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 4/1 He claimed a sum of about £26,000 for expedition money. < as lemmas |
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