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English
Noun
pocket money (uncountable)
- (UK) A small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance
- (US) A small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses.
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money given to a child
- Afrikaans: sakgeld
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: գրպանի փող (grpani pʻoġ)
- Catalan: setmanada (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 零用錢／零用钱 (zh) (língyòngqián), 零花錢／零花钱 (zh) (línghuāqián)
- Czech: kapesné (cs) n
- Danish: lommepenge (da) c pl
- Dutch: zakgeld (nl) n
- Esperanto: poŝmono
- Estonian: taskuraha (et)
- Finnish: taskuraha (fi)
- French: argent de poche (fr) m
- Georgian: ჯიბის ფული (ǯibis puli)
- German: Taschengeld (de) n, Sackgeld n (Switzerland)
- Greek: χαρτζιλίκι (el) n (chartzilíki)
- Hebrew: דמי כיס (he) m pl (dmei kis)
- Hungarian: zsebpénz (hu)
- Icelandic: vasapeningar m pl
- Indonesian: uang saku (id), uang jajan (id)
- Irish: liúntas linbh m, airgead póca m
- Italian: paghetta (it) f
- Japanese: お小遣い (ja) (おこづかい, o-kozukai)
- Korean: 용돈 (ko) (yongdon)
- Lithuanian: kišenpinigiai m pl
- Macedonian: џе́парлак m (džéparlak)
- Manx: argid ullee m
- Maori: moni pūkoro
- Norman: sou d'pouchette m (Jersey), allouange f (Jersey), allouanche f (Jersey), hèrpîns d'mousse m pl (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lommepenger m pl
- Nynorsk: lommepengar m pl
- Polish: kieszonkowe (pl) n
- Portuguese: mesada (pt)
- Romanian: bani de buzunar m pl
- Russian: карма́нные де́ньги f pl (karmánnyje dénʹgi)
- Scottish Gaelic: airgead-pòcaid m
- Slovene: žepnina f
- Spanish: paga (es) f, mesada (es) (if monthly), mensualidad (es) f (if monthly), propina (es) f (Peru)
- Swedish: fickpeng (sv) c, veckopeng (sv) c (weekly), månadspeng (sv) c (monthly)
- Thai: เงินค่าขนม, ค่าขนม
- Turkish: harçlık (tr), cep harçlığı (tr)
- Ukrainian: кишенько́ві гро́ші m pl (kyšenʹkóvi hróši)
- Welsh: arian poced (cy)
- Yiddish: טאַשנגעלט n (tashngelt)
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