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Noun
spending money (uncountable)
- A sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases.
1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 33, in Ivanhoe:"Touching your brethren, Sir Prior," said Locksley, "they shall have present freedom, it were unjust to detain them; touching your horses and mules, they shall also be restored, with such spending-money as may enable you to reach York."
1876, Horatio Alger, chapter 30, in Sam's Chance:"My father will see that you are provided with suitable clothes," proceeded Brown; "and you shall have a little spending money also."
1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 6, in The Young Bridge-Tender:"Percy has lots of spending money, but I doubt if he has twenty dollars at a time."
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sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases
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