单词 | money out of pocket |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney out of pocket money out of pocket adj. and n. (a) adj. having incurred expenses without reimbursement (now more usually simply out of pocket); (b) n. expenses paid for personally in the course of executing a commission, etc. ΚΠ 1705 Boston News-let. 2 Apr. 2/2 The Undertaker is money out of Pocket, & has not sufficient to defray the necessary Charge. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) x. 99 ‘Expensive affair,’ said Mr. Jingle. ‘Money out of pocket—posting, nine pounds; licence, three.’ 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. liv. 108 A man with my family can't allow himself to be money out of pocket in that way. 1878 H. Bessemer Let. in Times 1 Nov. 6/3 I was reminded when pressing for mere money out of pocket, that I had done all the work voluntarily and of my own accord. 1894 N.E.D. at Expense The charges, costs, items of outlay, incurred by a person in the execution of any commission; ‘money out of pocket’. 1976 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 36 134 Annuities to widowed mothers, dowries for sisters, a year's income for brothers,..all represented money out of pocket. 2000 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Electronic ed.) 13 May a1 Once the consumer pays a set amount of money out of pocket..a traditional insurance plan kicks in and picks up additional costs. < as lemmas |
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