| 单词 | conscience money |
| 释义 | conscience money in British Englishnoun money paid voluntarily to compensate for dishonesty, esp money paid voluntarily for taxes formerly evaded conscience money in American English money one pays to relieve one's conscience, as in compensation for some former dishonesty conscience money in American Englishnoun money paid, often anonymously, to relieve one's conscience, as for an obligation previously evaded or a wrong done Word origin [1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: creationism, flan, layout, set piece, warmupExamples of 'conscience money' in a sentence |
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