for one's money

Idioms  

1. According to one's opinion, choice, or preference. For example, For my money, a trip to Europe is not worth the trouble or expense. [Second half of 1500s]

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for one's money

“One has to beg for one’s money as if it were a loan,” he said about the freelance life, “instead of being one’s rightful earnings long overdue.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2013

Children also compete for one's money, time and resources.

From Time Magazine Archive

If it is ever so good one feels one has had so little for one's money.

From The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

I have an invitation to two grand parties, and it is as well to have something for one's money.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter

There is no fear that in such company one's national susceptibilities will be wounded, or that one will not be almost as much admired for one's money as at home.

From Seven English Cities by William Dean Howells