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pocket money

pocket money noun: a small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance.

Noun

pocket money (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance
    Synonyms:
    allowance
  2. (US) A small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses.
    Synonyms:
    pin money

pocket money meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Tagalog

pocket money in Tamil

கைச் செலவுப் பணம், கைச்செலவுப்பணம்

pocket money in Urdu

جیب خرچ

pocket money in Gujarati

pocket money, pin money
ખીસાખરચ khīsākharac

pocket money in Tagalog

money given to a child
baon
More languagesFewer languages
pocket money in Arabic
مَصْرُوف جَيْب maṣrūf jayb, مَصْرُوف maṣrūf
pocket money in Indonesian
uang saku, uang jajan
pocket money in Thai
เงินค่าขนม, ค่าขนม

Synonyms of pocket money

Questions about pocket money

What does pocket money mean?
Pocket money means a small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance.
What is pocket money in Tamil?
Pocket money in Tamil is கைச் செலவுப் பணம், கைச்செலவுப்பணம். See Pocket money meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pocket money?
Pocket money is a noun.

Words near pocket money in the dictionary

  1. pocket lights
  2. pocket litter
  3. pocket melon
  4. pocket melons
  5. pocket mice
  6. pocket money
  7. pocket monster
  8. pocket monsters
  9. pocket mouse
  10. pocket nappies
  11. pocket nappy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pocket money (page history and authors); pocket money (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pocket money (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ખીસાખરચ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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