street money

American  

noun

Slang.

1. walking-around money.

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Etymology

Origin of street money

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

DI and I, both street kids, both with pockets full of street money, went to Downtown Locker Room, and Macy’s and Hecht’s and blew thousands on our outfits.

From Salon

How supply chains, the pandemic, and a steady stream of Wall Street money led to a crisis at Boeing.

From Slate

Instead, investors are left with options offered by Wall Street money managers that can carry fees as much as 20 times higher than the Thrift average, in the estimation of economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

From Los Angeles Times

GLASGOW, Scotland — They say the last best chance to save the planet is happening here, in a bland cavernous conference center, where Indigenous leaders in feather headdresses brush past Prince Charles and Wall Street money huddles with green hydrogen nerds.

From Washington Post

A street money changer counts South African Rands in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 5, 2016.

From Reuters