spending money
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spending money
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Analyst Bismark Rewane told AFP that instead of spending money on sports betting on overseas football clubs, young people could find investing in the Dangote offer "far more rewarding".
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Once you start treating a retirement account as a source of spending money, it can become an ATM that you return to repeatedly throughout your working career,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Trying to have separate point solutions for various parts of the shopping process meant that sometimes various teams were spending money and resources on duplicative things, according to Pavlovich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"As we all know, marriage involves spending money and the country's economy is not bright at the moment," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
I’d been put in charge of the spending money, so I went up to pay.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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