pin money

Speech parts

1. pin money - Noun

2. pin money - Phrase

Meaning

cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

pin-money

Synonyms

pocket money spending money pittance peanuts shoestring chicken feed small change chump change red cent petty cash pocket change small potatoes loose change lunch money paltry sum
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Antonyms

big money big bucks deep pockets king's ransom money to burn liquid assets
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Hypernyms

cash hard currency hard cash

Examples

I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by. Frances O'Grady

The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do. Frances O'Grady

Words in the phrase

pin money

Close letter words and terms

pin lichen pin mapping pin mill PIN number pin oak pin on