hakhnose

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Definitions

  • n. Income, revenue.

Example Sentences

  • "Is it permissable for a Jew to donate sperm FOR MONEY? (We know that it is a source of income ('hakhnose') for some men!)" (source)

  • "They used to put it down on the table from which the gaboim [{in this case} manager of the affairs of a Hasidic rabbi] who would divide it into several alms boxes, as a sort of vehicle for the princely hakhnose [income]." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y הכנסה hakhnose

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      hachnose, hakhnoseh, hachnose

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