pocket money

noun

Definition of pocket moneynext
as in spending money

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Recent Examples of pocket money No pocket money for the children. — NPR, 7 May 2026 Dennis Washington, 91 ★ Montana’s wealthiest citizen survived childhood polio, lived in government housing during World War II and shined shoes as a kid to make pocket money. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 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
  1. spending money
  2. petty cash
Noun
  • Some California lawmakers have come down on the bill for being too brazen and spending money California doesn’t have.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • The lawsuit says that if the land really had a new owner, the old owner should not still be spending money on it.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of spending money
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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.
    — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 6 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of petty cash

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“Pocket money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20money. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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