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Madhulk Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Canteen credit

Between inmates
1: Can you help me find out who's trying to kill me here?
2: Information like that doesn't come cheap.
1: Name your price.
2: You're new here and that creates a problem. Money around here's
canteen credits. (It's hard to find?) You don't have any.
  

Top answer

An inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital, and a canteen is a restaurant provided by such an organization to feed them. region=us&q=inmate In your example, a credit is the ability of the inmate to obtain food from the canteen based on the fact that he has prepaid payment into some sort of account (similar to a bank account) or that payment will be made in the future. Example: I've got unlimited credit.

— JohnParis

  • An inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital, and a canteen is a restaurant provided by such an organization to feed them.
  • region=us&q=inmate In your example, a credit is the ability of the inmate to obtain food from the canteen based on the fact that he has prepaid payment into some sort of account (similar to a bank account) or that payment will be made in the future.
  • Example: I've got unlimited credit.
  • region=us&q=credit Having never been inside of a prison, I can only imagine that paper currency ($, £,€) does not carry as much purchasing power as the ability to eat well and maintain good nutrition.
  • So, the ability to obtain extra rations (which are purchased with canteen credits ) is of higher value than paper money.
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An inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital, and a canteen is a restaurant provided by such an organization to feed them.
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