time money
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of time money
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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It’s the infrastructure around it: childcare, time, money, bodily recovery and a place where being rusty is allowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But more than that, it obscures the reality and erases the history of transgender lives by diminishing the significant time, money, and effort many transgender people spend to align their body with their sex.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The AA, representing motorists, said the schemes had turned out to be a "catastrophic waste of time, money and effort".
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
As a result, couples may spend more time, money and energy caregiving for the older, male spouse.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
I thought about all the people who had sacrificed time, money, and energy to build the grand old church and to furnish it with everything they needed to worship God as a community.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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