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单词 subsistence money
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subsistence moneyn.

Brit. /səbˈsɪst(ə)ns ˌmʌni/, U.S. /səbˈsɪstəns ˌməni/
Forms: see subsistence n. and money n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: subsistence n., money n.
Etymology: < subsistence n. + money n.
1. Money paid in advance to soldiers, workers, etc., to supply their needs until the regular pay day. Cf. subsist n., sub n.6 Now chiefly historical.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay in advance
prest1359
press money1434
imprest1568
impress1600
fore-wages1606
subsistence money1677
subsistence1688
subsist money1749
sub1779
sub money1779
subsist1814
subsistence allowance1860
1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 41 Except the irresistable bounties of so great a Prince in their own particular, and a frugal Subsistance-money for the Fleet, they had put him to no charges.
1687 Royal Order 27 Nov. in London Gaz. No. 2299/1 We do hereby..Require every..Officer..to pay..unto each Private Soldier..Three Shillings per Week,..as Subsistence-Money.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 192 We should have a convenient House, with Firing, and eight Vintens a Man per Day Subsistence-Money.
1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 33 (note) Subsistence Money, is the money paid to the soldiers weekly... It is likewise the money advanced to officers till their accounts are made up.
1892 Labour Commission Gloss. at Money Subsistence money, a certain proportion of wages, equal to what one day's wages would be under the ordinary rate, i.e., 6d. per hour, paid every day under the plus system.
1923 A. E. Albrecht Internat. Seamen's Union Amer. iv. 67 During 1918 the wages of sailors and firemen were increased... Increases in overtime pay and in subsistence money, and improved working conditions were also allowed.
2006 L. Waite Embodied Working Lives v. 146 [India] After receiving weekly subsistence money, they are resigned to being in arrears with their employer from year to year.
2. An allowance for maintenance granted under special circumstances; (also more generally) money requisite for food and other items necessary for survival.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance > for specific purpose > for food or maintenance
meatcorn1264
corrody1430
sustentation1461
dieta1483
diet-money1519
board wages1539
viaticum1594
subsistence money1693
table allowance1762
board-money1809
subsistence allowance1824
beer money1827
in-maintenance1836
subsistence allowance1848
conred1876
sustenance money1905
rider1975
1693 Remarks Present Confederacy, & Late Revol. in Eng. 13 All that he [sc. the Duke of Savoy] can expect from the Confederacy is onely a little Subsistence-money, to act defensively.
1771 Town & Country Mag. Jan. 28/2 Jack..intreated his lordship to put him upon board-wages, which his master readily complied with, and advanced him a whole week's subsistence money.
1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) i. i. 10 A parent..cannot be made liable,..unless..the child has become chargeable upon the parish, and the parish authorities sue for subsistence money in the mode provided by the poor laws.
1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Subsistence Money, an allowance granted for the subsistence of soldiers who, whilst in imprisonment in cells, or confinement in the guard-room, forfeit their daily pay.
1947 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 19 Dec. 10/5 The question came up of not only giving the retired men the free benefits, but also of giving them subsistence money.
1998 Strad Sept. 918/3 They will receive free tuition but will have to find some of their subsistence money from elsewhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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