pocket moneynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpɒk.ɪt ˌmʌn.i/us/ˈpɑː.kɪt ˌmʌn.i/pocket money noun [ U ] (CHILD'S MONEY)
B1 mainly UK US allowance an amount of money that parents regularly give to their child to spend as they choose:
My dad gives me £5 a week pocket money.
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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pocket money noun [ U ] (ADULT'S MONEY)
money for spending on your own personal things:
I make a little pocket money delivering catalogues.
informal a small amount of money, especially an amount that is not enough:
I work really hard at this job, and all I get paid is pocket money.
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Amounts of money
- ante
- appropriation
- balance
- bank
- blood money
- bounty
- buck
- budget
- capital
- circumstance
- float
- have/get your snout in the trough idiom
- living wage
- money supply
- nut
- payout
- pool
- slush fund
- sub
- trough
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