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noun

money for small personal expenses.

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Origin of spending money

First recorded in 1590–1600

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How to use spending money in a sentence

Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For some citizens, the presence of spending money plus the narcotic of nationalism is enough to make this seem a fair trade.
Market Leninism vs. the West|John Avlon|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a red state that hates spending money on anything, that was a big deal.
America’s Axis of Drought|Kate Galbraith|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“When it came to taking and spending money, the defendant was fine,” Pippen said in court.
Former Navy Officer Bryan Caisse Is Accused of Defrauding Friends and Classmates|Michael Daly|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Instead of spending money in the gift store on a replica, fans of the iconic building can now own a portion.
Empire State Building Sells Shares to the Public|William O’Connor|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His most specific charge was that in Mesopotamia they were "spending money like water in looking for oil."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
The people at the Towers seem to think as lightly about spending money as we would about using the water from our well.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
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.
Mike Marble|Uncle Frank
It cannot be denied that many children have too much spending money, and that others show too great a desire to have it.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
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.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for spending money

spending money

noun

an allowance for small personal expenses; pocket money

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spending money

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