Meaning of spending money | Babel Free

Definitions

A sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"Touching your brethren, Sir Prior," said Locksley, "they shall have⟳ present⟳ freedom, it were unjust to detain them; touching your horses and mules, they shall also be restored, with such spending-money as may enable you to reach⟳ York."”

“"My father will see⟳ that you are provided with suitable clothes," proceeded Brown; "and you shall have⟳ a little spending money also."”

“"Percy has lots of spending money, but I doubt⟳ if he has twenty dollars at a time."”

“[T]he best way to head off a recession . . . is to put⟳ some spending money back in the people's pockets.”

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