dubbellön
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dubbel (“double”) + lön (“salary”)
Noun
[edit]dubbellön c
- payment or reception of two salaries
- 2014 December 12, Mikael Grill Pettersson, Carolina Jemsby, “Sida-chefens dubbellön kan strida mot lagen”, in SVT Nyheter[1]:
- Sida-chefens dubbellön kan strida mot lagen
- The Sida manager's double salary may be against the law
- the coincidence of two, otherwise separate, paydays
- 2019 July 29, “Brandrök tvingade butikerna på handelsplatsen att stänga: ”Pratar miljonbelopp””, in Market[2]:
- Dels är det mycket turister här, dels är det dubbellön. Hur mycket händelsen kostat butiken kan han inte svara på i dag.
- Not only are there a lot of tourists here, it is also double payday. How much the incident cost the store he can not answer today.
Usage notes
[edit]In Sweden the coincidence of two major paydays often occur when the 27th (municipal sector payday) falls on a Sunday, bringing forward that payday to Friday the 25th (private sector payday).