pocket money

  • 41pocket — {{11}}pocket (n.) mid 14c., pokete, bag, pouch, small sack, from Anglo Fr. pokete (13c.), diminutive of O.N.Fr. poque bag, from Frankish *pokka bag, from P.Gmc. *puk (see POKE (Cf. poke) (n.)). Meaning small bag worn on the person, especially one …

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  • 42money — mon|ey W1S1 [ˈmʌni] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: moneie, from Latin moneta mint, money , from Moneta, name given to Juno, the goddess in whose temple the ancient Romans produced money] 1.) what you earn by working and can use to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43money — noun (U) 1 what you earn by working and what you spend in order to buy things: The repairs will cost a lot of money. | earn money: She barely earns enough money to live on. | save money: We re not going on holiday this year we re trying to save… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 44money — [[t]mʌ̱ni[/t]] ♦ monies, moneys (plural) 1) N UNCOUNT Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors...… …

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  • 45money — See: COIN MONEY or MINT MONEY, EASY MONEY, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED, FOR LOVE OR MONEY, IN THE CHIPS or IN THE MONEY, MADE OF MONEY, MARRY MONEY, PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, RUN FOR ONE S MONEY, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE S MONEY,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 46money — See: COIN MONEY or MINT MONEY, EASY MONEY, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED, FOR LOVE OR MONEY, IN THE CHIPS or IN THE MONEY, MADE OF MONEY, MARRY MONEY, PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, RUN FOR ONE S MONEY, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE S MONEY,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47money — See: coin money or mint money, easy money, fool and his money are soon parted, for love or money, in the chips or in the money, made of money, marry money, put one s money on a scratched horse, run for one s money, see the color of one s money,… …

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  • 48pocket — [päk′it] n. [ME poket < Anglo Fr pokete, for MFr dial. poquette, dim. of poque, poche: see POACH1] 1. Archaic a sack, esp. when used to measure something 2. a) a little bag or pouch, now usually sewn into or on clothing, for carrying money and …

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  • 49Money in the Pocket — Live album by Cannonball Adderley Released August 16, 2005 Recorded March 18, 19 …

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  • 50Pocket billiards — Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or holes ) along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the… …

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