spending money

noun

Examples of spending money in a Sentence

She earned spending money at an after-school job.
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President Donald Trump has accused the agency of being corrupt by spending money on projects the White House has called ridiculous. Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 The Trump administration, in a letter Thursday, directed states to stop spending money for EV charging infrastructure — funds that had been allocated under former President Joe Biden. CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the executive branch would stop spending money on Politico subscriptions amid the right-wing outrage. Marc Caputo, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025 Sara Blakely The shapewear billionaire celebrated selling a majority stake in Spanx to Blackstone in 2021 by treating her employees to two first-class tickets to anywhere in the world and $10,000 of spending money to stuff into their suitcases. Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spending money 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spending money was in the 15th century

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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spending%20money. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

spending money

noun
: money for small personal expenses

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