as in spending money
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Recent Examples of petty cash
Three of the businesses said the suspect got away with petty cash, but that the damages caused are much greater.
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Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Any requirements for workers to use their own bank accounts for petty cash or wire transfers are banned, and union members cannot be held liable for petty cash variances out of their control under the terms of the contract.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Paying for a Secret Service detail doesn’t come out of petty cash.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Information in the memo line of the checks ranged from petty cash, birthday, benevolence and office to donor gifts and volunteer bonuses and gifts amounting to $178,276.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
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Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Any requirements for workers to use their own bank accounts for petty cash or wire transfers are banned, and union members cannot be held liable for petty cash variances out of their control under the terms of the contract.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Paying for a Secret Service detail doesn’t come out of petty cash.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Information in the memo line of the checks ranged from petty cash, birthday, benevolence and office to donor gifts and volunteer bonuses and gifts amounting to $178,276.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for petty cash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petty cash
Noun
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None of it works, but the company is committed to spending money on it as part of its massive AI expansion plans.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Newhouse was known for spending money to make sure that papers got the best stories.—
Scott Mayerowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The most common objection is that tenants will game the system — filing spurious claims to pocket money or harass landlords.—
Cole Hanson,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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No pocket money for the children.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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“Petty cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petty%20cash. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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