as in spending money
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Recent Examples of petty cash
Qualifying expenses include wages, invoices and even petty cash.
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Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 21 June 2023
Yet the money, little more than petty cash for Meta, matters less than the message.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2023
Johnson, who has called for tightening election laws after the 2020 election, suggested performing audits without advance notice in a certain number of precincts and likened the process to a business auditing petty cash as a signal to root out any potential fraud.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
The Granger government should pursue the right safeguards to prevent its oil fund from becoming a petty cash reserve for the president.
—Raúl Gallegos, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2017
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Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 21 June 2023
Yet the money, little more than petty cash for Meta, matters less than the message.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2023
Johnson, who has called for tightening election laws after the 2020 election, suggested performing audits without advance notice in a certain number of precincts and likened the process to a business auditing petty cash as a signal to root out any potential fraud.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
The Granger government should pursue the right safeguards to prevent its oil fund from becoming a petty cash reserve for the president.
—Raúl Gallegos, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petty cash
Noun
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Lorch paid for his room, board, and tuition, bought clothes for him, and often gave him spending money.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The complaint accuses Suarez of improperly using the city’s official seal and letterhead in an email criticizing Dominguez and of spending money to influence voters without following state laws that regulate campaign spending.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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In Pakistan, her mother told her to set aside any pocket money and, once it’s accumulated, buy 24-karat gold coins.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The store was its own theatre: overflowing displays of hair clips and necklaces that could turn pocket money into possibility.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Petty cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petty%20cash. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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