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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 8539479, member: 6763&quot;]&quot;To Boot&quot; [meaning in addition to]</p><p>In accounting if you receive something and receive cash [for example] in exchange it means in addition to.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://grammarist.com/idioms/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://grammarist.com/idioms/" rel="nofollow">idiom</a> <i>to boot</i>, meaning <i>in addition </i>or <i>besides</i>, has nothing to do with footwear. This sense of <i>boot</i> is left over from the Old English <i>b<img src="http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/omacr.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />t</i> and Middle English <i>bote</i>, where the word meant <i>an advantage </i>or <i>something included in a bargain</i>, and the phrase <i>to boot </i>has been in common usage since the time of Old English.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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