noun
General Slang
ash cash
· noun · medical
The fee a UK doctor pockets for signing a cremation form.
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British medical slang for the cash payment a doctor gets from the undertaker for completing a cremation certificate. Two doctors sign each form, two fees get paid, and the relatives foot the bill via the funeral director. Macabre by design — the rhyme is the joke. Periodically controversial enough to make the papers.
“Three forms to sign this week — that's a decent bit of ash cash on top of the salary.”
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ash cash In A Sentence
Three forms to sign this week — that's a decent bit of ash cash on top of the salary.
Origin & Usage
UK medical slang, chosen for the rhyme — a reference to the ashes of the cremated body.
Variants
ash-cash
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