单词 | subsistence money |
释义 | subsistence moneyn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1677 |
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