as in pocket money
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Recent Examples of spending money
Sweat says her station can't risk spending money on the project without a guarantee it will be repaid.
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Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
My first job was babysitting for spending money.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Cities and their surrounding areas registered a sizeable economic boost after Swift appeared, with thousands of fans making the pilgrimage and spending money at hotels, restaurants and elsewhere.
—Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But as the Miami Herald reported in March, fewer Canadians are spending money in South Florida.
—Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
My first job was babysitting for spending money.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Cities and their surrounding areas registered a sizeable economic boost after Swift appeared, with thousands of fans making the pilgrimage and spending money at hotels, restaurants and elsewhere.
—Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But as the Miami Herald reported in March, fewer Canadians are spending money in South Florida.
—Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spending money
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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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Paying for a Secret Service detail doesn’t come out of petty cash.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spending%20money. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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