spending money

Noun

Meaning

cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

spending-money

Synonyms

pin money pocket money penny change money cheddar pittance cash spending dough allowance dime funds peanuts chicken feed
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Antonyms

big money bomb bundle boodle charge card big bucks
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Hypernyms

cash hard currency hard cash

Examples

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. John Chrysostom

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth. Kristi Noem

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. Barack Obama

Shopping Malls: Modern cathedrals to spending money. They're designed to disorientate us and make us stay longer than we need to. Every brick is there to manipulate us to buy. Derren Brown

Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it. Armand Salacrou

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion. Carol Roth

Close letter words and terms

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