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

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

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah

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

If they return civility, that’s value for one’s money all right.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills