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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Example Sentences

“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

One gets more for one's money in sending a long word.

From A Rock in the Baltic by Barr, Robert

The speaker likes city life: it is expensive, he admits, but one has something for one’s money there.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

I hate your regular day-jobs, when one can't well avoid doing one's work for one's money.

From Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. by More, Hannah