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The Granger government should pursue the right safeguards to prevent its oil fund from becoming a petty cash reserve for the president.
—Raúl Gallegos, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2017
Yes, there’s a bit of petty cash filtering in here and there for their little projects.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Yet the money, little more than petty cash for Meta, matters less than the message.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2023
Qualifying expenses include wages, invoices and even petty cash.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 21 June 2023
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First Known Use
1715, in the meaning defined above
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“Petty cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20cash. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
petty cash
noun
: a small amount of money kept on hand in an office to pay for minor items
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