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Definition 2024

pocket_money

pocket money

English

Noun

pocket money ‎(uncountable)

A small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian.
(US) A small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses.

Synonyms

(small sum of money given to a child): allowance
(small sum of cash): pin money

Coordinate terms

Translations

money given to a child

Afrikaans: sakgeld
Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零用錢 (zh), 零用钱 (zh) ‎(língyòngqián), 零花錢 (zh), 零花钱 (zh) ‎(línghuāqián)
Czech: kapesné (cs) n
Danish: lommepenge (da) c pl
Dutch: zakgeld (nl) n
Esperanto: poŝmono
Estonian: taskuraha (et)
Finnish: taskuraha (fi)
French: argent de poche (fr) m
German: Taschengeld (de) n
Greek: χαρτζιλίκι (el) n ‎(chartzilíki)
Hebrew: דמי כיס (he) m pl ‎(dmei kis)
Hungarian: zsebpénz (hu)
Italian: paghetta f
Japanese: お小遣い ‎(おこづかい, o-kozukai)

Norman: sou d'pouchette m, allouange f, allouanche f, hèrpîns d'mousse m pl
Korean: 용돈 (ko) ‎(yongdon)
Macedonian: џепарлак m ‎(džéparlak)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lommepenger m pl

Nynorsk: lommepengar m pl
Polish: kieszonkowe (pl) n
Portuguese: mesada (pt)
Romanian: bani de buzunar m pl
Russian: карма́нные де́ньги f pl ‎(karmánnyje dénʹgi)
Scottish Gaelic: airgead-pòcaid m
Slovene: žepnina f
Spanish: paga (es) f, (if monthly) mesada (es), (if monthly) mensualidad (es) f
Swedish: veckopeng (sv) c, månadspeng (sv) c
Turkish: harçlık (tr), cep harçlığı (tr)
Welsh: arian poced (cy)
Yiddish: טאַשנגעלט n ‎(tashngelt)

small amount of cash

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Finnish: taskuraha (fi)

French:
Japanese:
Russian:
Spanish: calderilla (es) f

See also

mad money, spending money