spending money

noun

Definition of spending money

Examples of spending money in a Sentence

She earned spending money at an after-school job.

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Even though time goes on, spending money will continue to become easier and the speed of transactions will increase, there will always be those that prefer to continue transactions via cash. Fox News, "90-year-old inventor of the ATM celebrates its 50th birthday, admits wife has never used one," 30 Aug. 2019 Does the company spend money with Black vendors and entrepreneurs? 6. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "How Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Crossed the Road: raceAhead," 29 Aug. 2019 But amid the Great Depression, how could people be encouraged to spend money to attend the game? Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, "In 1935, the Chicago Bears were looking to prove their legitimacy -- by taking on a team of college players," 28 Aug. 2019 Everyone else who comes into this office asks us for something to spend money on. Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, "The Tea Party Didn’t Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger," 28 Aug. 2019 Uber also spends money on discounts for Eats customers. Alison Griswold, Quartz, "Analysts expect Uber Eats to lose money on every order for at least the next five years," 23 Aug. 2019 This means that independent journalism requires the liberty to spend money freely. Joe Lonsdale, National Review, "Regulating Speech Won’t Fix Our Politics," 12 Aug. 2019 In order to support his burgeoning company, Winch has applied for an LLC, hired a designer to create custom branding and illustrations for his account avatars, and has spent money through Instagram's official ad network to promote his pages. Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, "Instagram Wants Memers to Like It Again," 6 Aug. 2019 Mr Tshisekedi has vowed to spend money on roads, schools, health care, electricity, ports and infrastructure. The Economist, "How do you reform a country where gunmen torch Ebola clinics?," 2 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of spending money

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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spending money

noun

English Language Learners Definition of spending money

: extra money that you can spend on whatever you want