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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an official, employee, or consultant who receives token payment for services rendered.
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Examples
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All and all, love it or hate it, Hollywood is a billion dollar-a-year business.
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One would expect Ban's dollar-a-year man, UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton to have the clout to reconcile the differences though.
From Narcocracy to Democracy... Can a Marshall Plan Contain Haiti's Global Drug Trade? 2010
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One would expect Ban's dollar-a-year man, UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton to have the clout to reconcile the differences though.
Eric Ehrmann: From Narcocracy to Democracy... Can a Marshall Plan Contain Haiti's Global Drug Trade? 2010
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Start with this fact: Assuming investors 'willingness to pay for a dollar-a-year stream of income doesn't change, the total return on an income vehicle equals its yield plus the growth rate in the dividend.
Tax-Smart Energy Investing William Baldwin 2010
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Not to slight Lee Iacocca in any way, but his dollar-a-year deal with Chrysler ended up making him very wealthy indeed.
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We all know people who pour themselves into work that they don't have to do: the volunteer who works harder than the paid staff, or the "dollar-a-year" executive who seldom goes home to sleep.
To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks? Alan Murray 2010
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We all know people who pour themselves into work that they don't have to do: the volunteer who works harder than the paid staff, or the "dollar-a-year" executive who seldom goes home to sleep.
To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks? Alan Murray 2010
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We all know people who pour themselves into work that they don't have to do: the volunteer who works harder than the paid staff, or the "dollar-a-year" executive who seldom goes home to sleep.
To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks? Alan Murray 2010
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We all know people who pour themselves into work that they don't have to do: the volunteer who works harder than the paid staff, or the "dollar-a-year" executive who seldom goes home to sleep.
To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks? Alan Murray 2010
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We all know people who pour themselves into work that they don't have to do: the volunteer who works harder than the paid staff, or the "dollar-a-year" executive who seldom goes home to sleep.
To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks? Alan Murray 2010
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