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danger money

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

They receive what is called a revised environmental allowance, commonly referred to as danger money.

From BBC • May 3, 2023

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

From BBC • Oct. 13, 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

Gerald was threatened by a danger money could avert, and Thorn could help.

From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold

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