as in pocket money
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Recent Examples of spending money
How many of these teams does baseball allow to revenue share without spending money?
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 May 2025
That’s not an insignificant amount of spending money, and unfortunately, due to years of roster tinkering by the previous regime, the current group’s options for alternative funds were limited.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
Its primary purpose is to ensure the executive branch does not commit to spending money unless funding has been formally provided.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The move comes after the Trump administration in February directed states to stop spending money for electric vehicle charging infrastructure that was allocated under then-President Biden.
—Sophie Austin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 May 2025
That’s not an insignificant amount of spending money, and unfortunately, due to years of roster tinkering by the previous regime, the current group’s options for alternative funds were limited.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
Its primary purpose is to ensure the executive branch does not commit to spending money unless funding has been formally provided.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The move comes after the Trump administration in February directed states to stop spending money for electric vehicle charging infrastructure that was allocated under then-President Biden.
—Sophie Austin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spending money
Noun
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Younger children experienced more significant percentage increases in spending power compared to older teenagers, who likely supplement pocket money with part-time employment.—
Rupert Lee-Browne,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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My own first summer job as a kid in search of after-school pocket money was picking cigar tobacco on a Connecticut farm just north of Hartford.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 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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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spending%20money. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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