Table money
Table fees are fees levied by the organizers of events to costs to the participants switch place . It is something like a meal fee .
In the past, high civil servants received table allowances in addition to their salaries, which they received for special events such as carnivals or meetings. Table money was also intended to replace the expenses for inviting foreign envoys, consulars, etc.
Even high-ranking military officials received table allowances in royal cities in order to cater to staff officers from foreign garrisons as soon as they reported to them on leave. In the German army it was later customary to provide lieutenants who were participating at the common lunch table of the officers' corps with table allowances of up to 9 marks per month, but only in times of peace. In the Navy table money was called table money .
literature
- Table money . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894-1896, Volume 15, p. 866.
- Table fees . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 726.
- Table money . In: Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia or general system of the state, city, house and agriculture , volume 185 (crucible composition - clay test), 1844, p. 234