| 单词 | river pay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver pay river pay n. now historical a payment made to sailors by a merchant or the captain of a merchant vessel, usually for work done in preparing the ship for a voyage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > types of address1562 full pay1579 river pay1708 flag-pay1719 port pay1758 allotment1766 portage1809 1708 J. Dolliffe in Papers T. Bowrey (1927) ii. vi. 308 All river pay then made up. 1778 in Arch. Maryland (1897) XVI. 511 We expected you would be obliged to give River Pay. 1825 G. F. Lyon Brief Narr. Attempt to reach Repulse Bay 2 On the 16th Commissioner Cunningham arrived from Chatham, and the ship's company received their river pay, with three months' advance. 1981 Jrnl. Transport Hist. Mar. 44 The master had to pay out two guineas plus a month's wages per man... Whilst in Antigua in 1803 they received an extra £2 4s, on average, for ‘river pay’. < as lemmas |
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