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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

About 2,500 police staff feel undervalued by the fact a danger money allowance has largely remained unchanged for 33 years.

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

For every joy or blessing and for those who have relatives or friends ill or in danger, money is freely dropped into the box.

From Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago by Trager, Hannah