per diem

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Wages

per di·em1 /pə ˈdiːəm $ pər-/ noun [countable] American English  1. BEWan amount of money that an employer pays a worker for each day that is worked 日工资2  an amount of money that a worker is allowed to spend when doing his or her job, for example on a business trip 日补贴，日津贴 a per diem allowance 日津贴

Examples from the Corpus

per diem• All per diems paid to business owners are wages unless the owners have receipts to cover the per diem allowance.• For people who think this way, there is an alternative system for documenting travel expenses: the per diem rule.• But then they gave, she gave me the per diem breakdowns and you know the two dinners were what?• Owners of businesses are not permitted to reimburse their own travel expenses under the per diem rules.• Businesspeople who use the per diem rule get into trouble because they overpay per diem rates.

Related topics: Chronology

per diem2 adverb American English formal  TMCfor each day or on each day 每日地，按日 workers who are paid per diem 按日结算工资的工人

Examples from the Corpus

per diem• Our consultants receive $500 per diem plus expenses.From Longman Business Dictionaryper diemper di‧em /pə ˈdiːəmpər-/ adjective formal for each dayOur consultants earn a per diem rate of $1,600. —per diem adverbOrigin per diem2 (1500-1600) Latin “by the day”

per di·em1 nounper diem2 adverbChineseSyllable  

amount an Business pays a an employer for of that worker Corpus money

per diem

I

per di‧em¹ /pə ˈdiːəm $ pər-/ noun [countable] American English
1. an amount of money that an employer pays a worker for each day that is worked
2. an amount of money that a worker is allowed to spend when doing his or her job, for example on a business trip:
    a per diem allowance

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per diem² adverb American English formalfor each day or on each day:
    workers who are paid per diem