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per diem

noun as in per day

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Commissioners worked for free, receiving no salary, though they did get a $378 per diem on days they spent in session.

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The BBC understands that two of the three major labels - Warner Music and Universal - have agreed to introduce the "per diem" payments for writers.

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“You get all the benefits of the other guests, plus a $30-a-day per diem,” he told me rapturously.

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Ava, meanwhile, is determined to treat her writers well by cultivating a supportive environment, including subsidizing the network’s measly $9 per diem out of her own paycheck.

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The rates shattered the standard $201 per diem for government employees and were often nearly double the room rate for other guests, the House committee says.

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