credenza, Wall Streeters, be littered with sth

For Mr. Thain, the end came in his office at Merrill, which, according to CNBC, he lavishly refurbished last year with an $87,000 rug and a $68,000 credenza.


For The Times' Floyd Norris, Mr. Thain's departure is another reminder of how Wall Streeters have come to see themselves as entitled to pay that would seem excessive even if their companies were not failing.



Breakingviews says the souring of the Bank of America-Merrill deal should come as no surprise: It points out that the history of finance is littered with disastrous tales of commercial banks acquiring their Wall Street cousins.

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Definition

litter (SPREAD) Hide phonetics
verb [T]
1 to spread across an area or place untidily:
The park was littered with bottles and cans after the concert.
Dirty clothes littered the floor of her bedroom.

2 be littered with sth A place, document or other object that is littered with something, has or contains a lot of that thing:
The newspaper has a reputation for being littered with spelling mistakes.

credenza

n.

1. A buffet, sideboard, or bookcase, especially one without legs.
2. A piece of office furniture having a long flat top and usually file drawers.

[Italian, from Medieval Latin crēdentia, trust (possibly from the practice of placing food and drink on a sideboard to be tasted by a servant before being served to ensure that it contained no poison). See credence.]

n. - 食具櫥, 書櫃

【名】
1〈イタリア語〉〔脚のない〕食器棚｛しょっきだな｝、サイドボード
2〈イタリア語〉〔丈の低い〕事務用｛じむよう｝キャビネット

発音 krэde'nzэ
文節 cre・den・za