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prize money
noun
- money offered, won, or received in prizes.
- a portion of the money realized from the sale of a prize, especially an enemy's vessel, divided among the captors.
prize money
noun
- any money offered, paid, or received as a prize
- (formerly) a part of the money realized from the sale of a captured vessel
Word History and Origins
Origin of prize money1
Example Sentences
While the winners will take home the prize money and title, the eliminated contestants can hardly be considered losers.
The first girl to rate 300 guys on the app won the prize money.
The change in the cost of borrowing is just the prize money for your winner.
The loan market (the prize money if you like) determined by the LIBOR rate, is worth some 10 trillion dollars annually.
The judges then ask questions, give opinions, and decide whether or not to award prize money.
And Jack come home from a long cruise, with prize-money in his pockets, was as ostentatious as any nouveau riche.
But when a man did receive his pay, together with his prize-money, he was like a school-boy out at play.
Mrs. Morse did not wish her daughter to use the prize money for their general needs.
An estate of £7000 a year, besides heaps of prize-money funded.
The commander of a fleet or squadron, one-twentieth part prize money awarded to any vessel or vessels under his immediate command.
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