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
One of my first intern tasks at an esteemed magazine over a decade ago, other than picking up thousands of dollars of petty cash for an unnamed editor—another time—was fetching a 64-ounce tub of Magnolia Bakery banana pudding for a staffer’s going away party.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
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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
One of my first intern tasks at an esteemed magazine over a decade ago, other than picking up thousands of dollars of petty cash for an unnamed editor—another time—was fetching a 64-ounce tub of Magnolia Bakery banana pudding for a staffer’s going away party.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petty cash
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The Antideficiency Act, first passed in 1870, forbids the federal government from spending money not appropriated by Congress, and guides much of what the federal government can and can’t do during a shutdown.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Under the Antideficiency Act, agencies are prohibited from spending money without prior congressional approval.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 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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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,
13 July 2025
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“Petty cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petty%20cash. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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