pocket moneyn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒkɪt ˌmʌni/, U.S.

/ˈpɑkət ˌməni/

Forms: see pocket n. and money n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., money n.

Etymology: < pocket n. + money n.

A small amount of money carried in the pocket for minor expenses; spending money. Now: esp. money given as an allowance to another person, esp. a child, who has no other significant income. (In U.S. use, the more common term is allowance.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money

spending-silver1377

dispense1382

dispending1487

spending-money1598

pocket money1625

pin money1702

pocket allowance1726

Saturday pennya1854

spense1886

spend1970

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §9. 1602 It is called the Kings Pocket-money; for he giues it away by handfuls, as he sees occasion, to his Mutes and Buffons.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. 34 I am sure I can huswife it better for your honour; not but that I shall be willing to encourage you with pocket money, or so sometimes.

1700 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 266 For boord and poket mony £194.0.0.

1751 Arbuthnot's John Bull iii. xx. in Misc. Wks. (1751) II. 88 One Monday-Morning..he came, as usual, to bring John Bull his Weekly Pocket-Money.

1818 T. Lewin Diary 30 Apr. in Lewin Lett. (1909) I. ii. 145 Mrs. Lewin..pleaded for an increase of allowance to Harriet for her clothes and pocket money.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby i. 3 On pocket-money day, that is to say, on Saturday.

1883 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (ed. 2) I. i. 13 Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master.

1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xiii. 66 They made pocket-money during their service, if they were ingenious.

1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) v. vii. 636 Jonas had caught the bus to Penzance to spend his pocket money on a brace of goldfish.

1993 Sports Illustr. 9 Aug. 57/3 He earned pocket money by betting opponents that he could take three steps, leap and touch a basketball backboard with his foot.

Derivatives

ˈpocket-ˌmoneyless adj. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective] > not supplied with money

pocket-moneyless1925

1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose i. xv. 90 The kind of children, well-bred, entirely pocket~moneyless, that retired Anglo-Indians often have.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocket money
释义	pocket moneyn. Brit. /ˈpɒkɪt ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈpɑkət ˌməni/ Forms: see pocket n. and money n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., money n. Etymology: < pocket n. + money n. A small amount of money carried in the pocket for minor expenses; spending money. Now: esp. money given as an allowance to another person, esp. a child, who has no other significant income. (In U.S. use, the more common term is allowance.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money spending-silver1377 dispense1382 dispending1487 spending-money1598 pocket money1625 pin money1702 pocket allowance1726 Saturday pennya1854 spense1886 spend1970 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §9. 1602 It is called the Kings Pocket-money; for he giues it away by handfuls, as he sees occasion, to his Mutes and Buffons. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. 34 I am sure I can huswife it better for your honour; not but that I shall be willing to encourage you with pocket money, or so sometimes. 1700 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 266 For boord and poket mony £194.0.0. 1751 Arbuthnot's John Bull iii. xx. in Misc. Wks. (1751) II. 88 One Monday-Morning..he came, as usual, to bring John Bull his Weekly Pocket-Money. 1818 T. Lewin Diary 30 Apr. in Lewin Lett. (1909) I. ii. 145 Mrs. Lewin..pleaded for an increase of allowance to Harriet for her clothes and pocket money. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby i. 3 On pocket-money day, that is to say, on Saturday. 1883 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (ed. 2) I. i. 13 Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xiii. 66 They made pocket-money during their service, if they were ingenious. 1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) v. vii. 636 Jonas had caught the bus to Penzance to spend his pocket money on a brace of goldfish. 1993 Sports Illustr. 9 Aug. 57/3 He earned pocket money by betting opponents that he could take three steps, leap and touch a basketball backboard with his foot. Derivatives ˈpocket-ˌmoneyless adj. rare ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective] > not supplied with money pocket-moneyless1925 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose i. xv. 90 The kind of children, well-bred, entirely pocket~moneyless, that retired Anglo-Indians often have. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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