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POCKET MONEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pocket money mean?
• POCKET MONEY (noun)
The noun POCKET MONEY has 1 sense:
1. cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
Familiarity information: POCKET MONEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
pin money; pocket money; spending money
Hypernyms ("pocket money" is a kind of...):
cash; hard cash; hard currency (money in the form of bills or coins)
Context examples
It must be so nice to have pocket money!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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