spending money

noun

1. money for small personal expenses.

spending money

noun

1. an allowance for small personal expenses; pocket money

Word History and Origins

Origin of spending money¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.

From The Daily Beast

For some citizens, the presence of spending money plus the narcotic of nationalism is enough to make this seem a fair trade.

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For a red state that hates spending money on anything, that was a big deal.

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“When it came to taking and spending money, the defendant was fine,” Pippen said in court.

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Instead of spending money in the gift store on a replica, fans of the iconic building can now own a portion.

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His most specific charge was that in Mesopotamia they were "spending money like water in looking for oil."

From Project Gutenberg

The people at the Towers seem to think as lightly about spending money as we would about using the water from our well.

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They resolved that they would give to the army every cent of all the spending money they might get, as long as the war lasted.

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It cannot be denied that many children have too much spending money, and that others show too great a desire to have it.

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I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

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