dollar-a-year

[ dol-er-uh-yeer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or being an official or employee, especially a federal appointee, who receives a token annual salary, usually of one dollar: a dollar-a-year man

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

I know a few folks—like Vikram Pandit at Citigroup and even Edward Liddy at AIG—have jumped in to serve as dollar-a-year CEOs.

I do not recognize as sanctified any ceremony that can be annulled by a five-thousand-dollar-a-year judge.

A man may draw a twenty-thousand-dollar-a-year salary at Macy's and still be compelled to sign his time.

"Because they'll make you a dollar-a-year man and we're not in this to make any stinking dollar a year," Harry Bettis said.

As a substitute Blodgett spoke of some dollar-a-year work in Washington.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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