dubbellön

Swedish

Etymology

dubbel (“double”) +‎ lön (“salary”)

Noun

dubbellön c

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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).

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