| 单词 | housekeeping allowance |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousekeeping allowance housekeeping allowance n. a sum of money given or granted on a regular basis to finance the running of a household; cf. housekeeping money n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for housekeeping housekeeping1839 housekeeping allowance1845 housekeeping money1845 1845 Times 26 Mar. 3/3 No perceptible difference can I find, except in his reducing my housekeeping allowance. 1914 A. Bennett Price of Love xvi. 309 She had received no housekeeping allowance for more than a week. 2009 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 7 June 8 By the time he stepped down as a European Commissioner in 2004, he was earning pounds £163,453 on top of a pounds £24,000-a-year housekeeping allowance. < as lemmas |
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