Money and Petty cash

Money

Money noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
Usage example: are you sure you have enough money to buy all that?
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Synonyms for Money

Petty cash and money are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petty cash" instead a noun "Money".

Nearby Words: moneyless, moneyed, monetary

Petty cash

Petty cash noun - A small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses.
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Synonyms for Petty cash

Money and petty cash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Money" instead a noun phrase "Petty cash".

Both terms in one sentence

  • If you work at a horrible, soul-sucking job, then it's "okay" to take money out of petty cash to help cover the bills, but your boss wiring money to an off-shore account is not.
  • In Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the younger siblings pilfer money from their sister's new job's petty cash box, considering it free money.
  • Series / House of Cards (US) He could pay this money himself out of petty cash.
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