proceeding, proceeds. worth your salt. Stormy Daniels Leaves Stand After Hours of Searing Testimony

Stormy Daniels Leaves Stand After Hours of Searing Testimony

The defense tried to prove she lied about her account of a 2006 sexual liaison with Donald Trump, and suggested she was trying to extort him.

Madoff: I am actually grateful for this first opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes…

Translation: But I understand prison is a wonderful place to write a book — although I understand that legally the proceeds will have to go to a charity. Do I know any charities that are still in business?

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Australian Case Cites Google Ads
Google's Web-search advertising is said to be promoting deceptive business practices, according to Australian legal proceedings.


Another auction for a charity lunch with Warren E. Buffett has kicked off, and as of Tuesday morning bidding has already gone as high as $77,100. Proceeds will go to the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that helps the poor, hungry and homeless.

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searing

/ˈsɪərɪŋ/

adjective

1. extremely hot or intense.

   "the searing heat of the sun"fiery

   
   

   • severely critical.

     "a searing indictment of the government's performance"

proceeding
━━ n. 進行; 行動, 処置; （pl.） 出来事; 【法】事件; 【法】（pl.） 訴訟手続き; （pl.） 議事録, 会報.


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⇒proceed

proceeds Show phonetics
plural noun
the amount of money received from a particular event or activity or when something is sold:
The proceeds of today's festival will go to several local charities.
It says on the back of the card 'all proceeds to charity'.

值得付出

工作出色：

任何值得付出的會計師都應該了解最新的稅收變化。

意義

高效且有效率；物有所值。

起源

值得付出的鹽 氯化鈉，又稱鹽，是人類生存的必需品，在罐頭和冷藏技術發明之前，一直是保存食物的主要方法。因此，它長期以來一直被認為很有價值。

「值得付出的鹽」指的是物有所值。我們的「薪水」一詞源自於拉丁文「salarium」（sal 是拉丁文中「鹽」的意思）。關於「salarium」一詞的起源存在一些爭議，但大多數學者認為它是羅馬士兵購買鹽的錢。羅馬士兵的薪水實際上並非像一些人認為的那樣以鹽的形式發放。他們必須自行購買食物、武器等，這些費用會預先從工資中扣除…

worth your salt
good at your job:
Any accountant worth their salt should be aware of the latest changes in taxation.

Meaning

To be effective and efficient; deserving of one's pay.

Origin

Sodium chloride, a.k.a. salt, is essential for human life and, until the invention of canning and refrigeration, was the primary method of preservation of food. Not surprisingly, it has long been considered valuable.

To be 'worth one's salt' is to be worth one's pay. Our word salary derives from the Latin salarium, (sal is the Latin word for salt). There is some debate over the origin of the word salarium, but most scholars accept that it was the money allowed to Roman soldiers for the purchase of salt. Roman soldiers weren't actually paid in salt, as some suggest. They were obliged to buy their own food, weapons etc. and had the cost of these deducted from their wages in advance....