as in spending money
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Recent Examples of pocket money
Having your full income as pocket money is not a good life lesson at all.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Getting $10 pocket money for mowing the neighbor’s lawn is so last year.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
And the average worker isn’t a teenager working for pocket money.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
Money immediately began pouring in, ranging from fans able to make a five-figure pledge to children donating their pocket money.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Getting $10 pocket money for mowing the neighbor’s lawn is so last year.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
And the average worker isn’t a teenager working for pocket money.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
Money immediately began pouring in, ranging from fans able to make a five-figure pledge to children donating their pocket money.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket money
Noun
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Earlier this year, Missouri House Republicans pushed for a bill to ban state agencies from spending money on diversity programs, staff or other initiatives.—
Alecia Taylor
July 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Hull had been told by the English Football League (EFL) that their failure to maintain transfer payments would result in a penalty preventing them from spending money on new players until January 2027.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
Noun
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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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Yes, there’s a bit of petty cash filtering in here and there for their little projects.—
Heidi Blake,
The New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2023
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“Pocket money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20money. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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