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danger money en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Extra money paid to workers as compensation for dangerous work.
Routine precautions were to him no more unreasonable than they would be to a deep-sea diver or a test pilot, or to any man earning danger-money.
1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 13:
Hyponyms
height money
Relateds
dirty money
Synonyms
danger pay · hazard pay