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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Go out one pocket and back in the other

Hi.

"That means whatever monetary damages Donald Sterling may receive under the suit - filed on behalf of Sterling and the Sterling Family Trust - may go out one pocket and back in the other unless he is reinstated as a trustee and can nullify the agreement." [From SFGate website.]

What does the expression may go out one pocket and back in the other exactly mean in this context?

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I would guess it means that any money paid to Sterling would have to be immediately returned to the payer.

— GPY

  • I would guess it means that any money paid to Sterling would have to be immediately returned to the payer.
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I would guess it means that any money paid to Sterling would have to be immediately returned to the payer.
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Thank you, GPY, for your useful reply.
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If you read the whole article, you will see that, if Sterling wins the case, his wife and family trust will repay the money to the other side. Overall, one part of the Sterling family will repay the money paid to another part.
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fivejedjonIf you read the whole article, you will see that, if Sterling wins the case, his wife and family trust will repay the money to the other side. Overall, one part of the Sterling family will repay the money paid to another part.
In that case, I wonder whether it should actually say "may go into one pocket and back out of the other"?
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That would make more logical sense.
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fivejedjonIf you read the whole article, you will see that, if Sterling wins the case, his wife and family trust will repay the money to the other side. Overall, one part of the Sterling family will repay the money paid to another part.
I've read the whole article but it wasn't clear to me which pocket is which. Now I understand that the 'paying' pocket is the
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AnonymousI've read the whole article but it wasn't clear to me which pocket is which. Now I understand that the 'paying' pocket is the pocket of the buyer and the 'paying back' pocket is the pocket of the Sterling family trust, not the Sterling's one. In such a situation, even though Sterling wins the case he will never get the money as it is paid straight to the trust by
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GPYI'm not sure I understand this. The pocket referred to in "out of one pocket" is a paying pocket. The pocket referred to in "back in the other" is a receiving pocket. It is implied that these two pockets belong to the same party.
I think that you are right, my understanding of that is maybe not correct. Now, I think that both pockets are the ones which belo
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AnonymousI think that you are right, my understanding of that is maybe not correct. Now, I think that both pockets are the ones which belong to the buyer: he pays to the trust from his one pocket and next, he is paid back with the same money which he puts to his other pocket.
That was my original understanding. However, taking into account what fivejedjon says
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