• Danegeld

    Full definition of danegeld

    Noun

    danegeld

    (uncountable)
    1. .
      • 1945, The Nineteenth Century and AfterHe notes how 'the Conservatives confusedly thought that they had to pay danegeld to the Left and did so reluctantly and inappropriately, ...
      • 1989, Irwin M. Ryan, The Last Congress, The best now pay danegeld to the sloths, the greedy, the manipulators. And congress has legitimized the channels of deceit through laws which pay danegeld to the most strident noise makers.
      • 1998, ForbesWhat's unfair is that we make it tough for young people to get a job unless they pay danegeld to a four-year college to get a certificate that says it's okay to employ them.
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