单词 | field allowance |
释义 | > as lemmasfield allowance field allowance n. an allowance granted to a soldier on active service, or (more generally) to any person serving or working away from home. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > pay-allowances allocation1658 field allowance1744 bat-money1793 proficiency pay1906 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay of troops > soldier's pay > additional > types of conduct-money1512 conduct1644 belt money1648 riding money1668 batta1680 clearing1689 table money1705 field allowance1744 marching money1837 command allowance1860 command pay1875 1744 Meddler 5 Jan. 4/1 The Rations and Portions of Land Officers are..diminished, the Superiors being to receive from the first of January only one third; and the Inferiors half of the Field allowance. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 105/1 Certain extra allowances are granted to them [officers], according to their several ranks, and these are denominated field allowances. 1917 J. C. Stimson Let. 28 Aug. in Finding Themselves (1918) 101 I received 18,000 francs..for my nurse mess, laundry, and field allowance for July. 1992 D. C. E. Chew Civil Serv. Pay S. Asia vi. 90 A field allowance was drawn in Nepal by staff working in the Hills and in the Terai. 2004 D. Morton Fight or Pay ii. 29 Privates..would earn $1.00 a day plus a field allowance of $0.10. < as lemmas |
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