spending money
nounDefinition of spending money
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To buy secondhand clothes or vintage in this specific environment and society allows people to spend money on something that has already been worn and gives clothes a chance to be used again, another life. — Mark Holgate, Vogue, "Francesco Colucci Styles the Windows of Traid in London, Turning Out Some of the City’s Fiercest Looks," 22 Apr. 2019 If only shareholders in fossil-fuel companies were sold on their spending money for fossil fuels. — Lauren Silva Laughlin, WSJ, "Chevron Shareholders Had a Different Kind of Green in Mind," 12 Apr. 2019 But the filings also show 40% of their spending money has gone to legal fees. — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, "Facebook suspends Trump-connected data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica," 16 Mar. 2018 One of my favorite things to do now on trips is spend money on spa days instead of popping bottles. — Carly Benson, SELF, "7 Important Tips for Traveling While Sober and Having an Even Better Time," 14 Feb. 2019 The Air Force, busy spooling up to fight major wars against big-power enemies, may worry that buying OA-X could be spending money on the wars of the past—not the wars to come. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Air Force May Not Buy New Stealth Tanker After All, and the Light Attack Aircraft Could be Dead Too," 30 Jan. 2019 Many of us live above our means, spend money on nonessentials and frivolities, and fail to give to serious causes, organizations, and educational institutions that so desperately need funds. — Coleman Hughes, WSJ, "Martin Luther King, Colorblind Radical," 17 Jan. 2019 Democrats oppose spending money on a wall, preferring instead to pump the dollars into fencing, technology and other means of controlling access to the border. — Darlene Superville, The Seattle Times, "Post-holiday, partial government shutdown to gain impact," 25 Dec. 2018 Meanwhile, millennials are establishing homes and spending money on related purchases. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "The rise of the direct-to-consumer home," 21 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spending money.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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