pocket money
[noun]
Synonyms: pin money, spending money

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Contrasted words: fortune, resources, income
Related Words: petty cash, change, small change

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ˈpocket ˌmoney noun [uncountable]

1. British English a small amount of money that parents give regularly to their children, usually every week or month Synonym : allowance American English:
How much pocket money do you get?

2. informal a small amount of extra money that you earn in order to spend it on things you want:
I give a few private lessons too, for pocket money.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pocket money
{n.} Money that is given to a person to spend.
When the seniors went to New York City on a trip, each was given $10 in spending money.

Father gave John a nickel in pocket money when he went to the store with Mother.

See: SPENDING MONEY.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲