danger money
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They will be offered a starting salary of £34,000, which includes a £4,000 allowance commonly referred to as "danger money".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
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
On 9 January, it is announced that more than 1,000 prison service staff in Northern Ireland are to receive special annual danger money payments because of the threat from dissident republicans.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023
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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