dubbellön
Swedish
Etymology
dubbel (“double”) + lön (“salary”)
Noun
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:
- Sida-chefens dubbellön kan strida mot lagen
- The Sida manager's double salary may be against the law
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- the coincidence of two, otherwise separate, paydays
- 2019 July 29, “Brandrök tvingade butikerna på handelsplatsen att stänga: ”Pratar miljonbelopp””, in Market:
- 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.
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Usage notes
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).
Further reading
- dubbellön in Svensk ordbok.