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CONSCIENCE MONEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conscience money mean?
• CONSCIENCE MONEY (noun)
The noun CONSCIENCE MONEY has 1 sense:
1. payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings
Familiarity information: CONSCIENCE MONEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("conscience money" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
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