petty cash
nounDefinition of petty cash
: cash kept on hand for payment of minor items
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One of my duties was being in charge of petty cash. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, "Hi, Bob! Comic legend Bob Newhart to perform at first-ever Minneapolis Comedy Fest," 20 June 2019 The fine is mere petty cash as Facebook reportedly earned nearly $6 billion profit in the first quarter this year. — Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, "Facebook faces over $650G fine in Britain over data misuse scandal," 11 July 2018 The Financial Times reported on allegations that Sorrell had visited a prostitute, paid the bill in petty cash, and had mistreated his assistants and sacked his chauffeur after a 12-day shift. — Claire Atkinson, NBC News, "Martin Sorrell fires back at allegations in heated exchange at Cannes Lions," 22 June 2018 The safe contained petty cash for the business and likely did not have more than $300 inside, according to the report. — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Burglars pry open safe in New Berlin business," 5 June 2018 The shoot takes about two hours, and then Richard changes into dry clothes and a warm jacket and gets his dollar from petty cash. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "How the only successful Alcatraz prison break in history was torn from the pages of Popular Mechanics.," 18 Jan. 2018 Duke freely takes money from his office's petty cash box and uses it at poker games and to buy fancy golf clubs. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, "Film / We're Old The writer-director of White Men Can’t Jump returns to put you to sleep," 12 Dec. 2017 None of these contracts can exactly be covered by the petty cash jar. — Alex Hickey, ajc, "Buying out Ed Orgeron is an absurdly unrealistic solution for LSU," 3 Oct. 2017 The deep-pocket Cubs, whose revenue sources make the Brewers’ look like a petty cash drawer, began the season with a $172 million payroll, which has increased through second-half additions such as Jose Quintana. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Haudricourt: With lowest payroll among contenders, Brewers got bang for their bucks," 9 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'petty cash.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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