door money
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of door money
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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In the high-rise building next door, money ran out for 200 seasonal employees a full month before the April 15 deadline, and they are being sent home, agency officials said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2015
The door money will be donated to the Orkus Skate Park to build the Underworld bowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later he undertakes to discuss Love: "When love goes out the door money flies innuendo."
From Time Magazine Archive
The "door money" was divided equally between the combatants, and amounted to 512 pounds.
From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred
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