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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 fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia have largely ignored a call to strike over danger money and conditions.

From BBC Oct. 12, 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

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