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By Philip Preville
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expense account (x-p’nss a-kown’t) n. A petty cash allocation for office costs, in the amount of $53,000 per city councillor per annum, which must be spent under threat of criminal prosecution.

The Toronto Lexicon is an ongoing project by this blog to provide precise and accurate definitions of terms as they are used in local political parlance. Tune in for regular additions.

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