Meaning of spending money | Babel Free

Definitions

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

uncountable

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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