danger money
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They will be offered a starting salary of £34,000, which includes a £4,000 allowance commonly referred to as "danger money".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
The case involved power, danger, money and privilege and an attorney whose family lorded over his small South Carolina county for nearly a century.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
They receive what is called a revised environmental allowance, commonly referred to as danger money.
From BBC • May 3, 2023
British actors required to work on such a set would, I feel, either protest to their union or ask for danger money.
From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011
Yet she is watched, cared for, and, even in the hours of danger, money is provided for her.
From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard
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