as in spending money
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Recent Examples of pocket money
Alongside neighborhood lemonade stands and lifeguarding gigs, millions of teenagers will be earning their pocket money online this summer.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
No pocket money for the children.
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NPR,
7 May 2026
Panahi recalled his younger self, who would scrape together pocket money to see a film once every one or two weeks in Iran.
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Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.
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Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
No pocket money for the children.
—
NPR,
7 May 2026
Panahi recalled his younger self, who would scrape together pocket money to see a film once every one or two weeks in Iran.
—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.
—
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocket money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket money
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Some California lawmakers have come down on the bill for being too brazen and spending money California doesn’t have.
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The lawsuit says that if the land really had a new owner, the old owner should not still be spending money on it.
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Last year, Citizens for Waters was fined $68,000 for understating contributions and expenditures in its 2020 campaign as well as accepting $19,000 in over-the-limit contributions and unlawfully spending $7,000 from a petty cash fund.
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By law, the maximum contribution directly to a city candidate’s campaign is $1,000, which looks more and more like a petty cash account compared to the unlimited donations PCs can accept.
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“Pocket money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20money. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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