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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 dealingsplay

  Familiarity information: CONSCIENCE MONEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONSCIENCE MONEY (noun)


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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