前兩天聽到一個在大企業工作的朋友抱怨，因為公司營運欠佳，老闆現在對員工出差的津貼都「省很大」，員工報銷花費也被會計部百般刁難，看來經濟不景氣，大家的日子都難過～～今天就來介紹一下「每日津貼」的說法...

per diem                                    每日津貼

A daily allowance paid by the company to salespeople or employees who are traveling in connection with their job.

per diem 是拉丁文，意思是 per day 或 each day，指的是公司付給因公出差的業務員或員工的每日零用錢(daily allowance)。

A: My old boss was so cheap, and he didn’t even give us a per diem while we were traveling for work. 

B: You mean you had to pay for all of your own meals and expenses?

A: Yes. We even had to pay if we took a customer to dinner.

B: That is terrible. This is a much better company to work for.

A：我之前的老闆好小氣，我們因公出差時他甚至都不給我們每日津貼。

B：你是說你必須自己負擔所有的飯錢和花費？

A：對啊。如果我們請客戶吃飯，甚至還要自己付錢。

B：真爛。在這家公司工作比那家好多了。

例句

1. 1.      Our company is doing well, so my boss decides to raise the per diem rate for our salespeople.

我們公司營運很好，所以老闆決定提高我們業務員的每日出差津貼費用。

1. 2.       “Remember--to get your per diem payment you need to turn in your expense reports first.”

「記得—要拿到出差津貼費用，你必須先交你的花費報告才行。」

單字及片語

cheap (adj.) （口）小氣的

expense (n.) 花費

customer (n.)顧客

turn in 繳交