sinecure
a job requiring little work, but still providing money
TRANSLATION
sinecure = einträglicher Ruheposten
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Critics of the monarchy view the positions occupied by British royalty as SINECURES, in which they earn enormous sums of money and inherit enormous amounts of property in return for doing very little.
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sinecure
From the Medieval Latin "sine" plus "cura" - without cure (of souls).
Date: 1662
Sinecure contains the Latin word sine, "without," and thus means "without care."
Synonym: cushy job
From the Medieval Latin "sine" plus "cura" - without cure (of souls).
Date: 1662
Sinecure contains the Latin word sine, "without," and thus means "without care."
Synonym: cushy job
