spending money
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noun
money for small personal expenses.
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Origin of spending money
First recorded in 1590–1600
Words nearby spending money
Spencer Gulf, Spencerian, spend, spendable, spender, spending money, spends, spendthrift, spendthrift trust, Spener, Spengler
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British Dictionary definitions for spending money
spending money
noun
an allowance for small personal expenses; pocket money
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