as in spending money
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Recent Examples of petty cash
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.
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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
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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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
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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But building a new mine can take 20 to 30 years – a period during which investors are spending money but not yet getting returns, and a time when costs can rise significantly from preliminary estimates.—
Adam Charles Simon,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Chin Ming Tai believed in showing affection by spending money on his family and friends.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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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,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Petty cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petty%20cash. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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