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danger money

British  

noun

  1. extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs

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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

Nurses and medical assistants had been urged to strike over danger money and conditions.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2014

The canary effect was replicated at other factories around the country and in some plants certain staff were paid danger money.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2014

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