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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance
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nounA small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses.
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nouncash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
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Translations
Afrikaans sakgeld, kleingeld
- sakgeldmoney given to a child
- kleingeldsmall amount of cash
Arabic مَصْرُوف جَيْب, مَصْرُوف
- مَصْرُوف جَيْب (maṣrūf jayb)money given to a child
- مَصْرُوف (maṣrūf)money given to a child
Bulgarian джобни пари
- джобни пари (džobni pari)money given to a child
Catalan setmanada, xavalla
- setmanadamoney given to a child
- xavallasmall amount of cash
Chinese Mandarin 零用錢 /零用钱, 零花錢 /零花钱
- 零用錢 /零用钱 (língyòngqián)money given to a child
- 零花錢 /零花钱 (línghuāqián)money given to a child
- 零用錢 /零用钱 (língyòngqián)small amount of cash
Czech kapesné
- kapesnémoney given to a child
Danish lommepenge
- lommepengemoney given to a child
Dutch zakgeld, kleingeld
- zakgeldmoney given to a child
- kleingeldsmall amount of cash
Esperanto poŝmono
- poŝmonomoney given to a child
Estonian taskuraha
- taskurahamoney given to a child
Finnish taskuraha, taskuraha
- taskurahamoney given to a child
- taskurahasmall amount of cash
French argent de poche, argent de poche
- argent de pochemoney given to a child
- argent de pochesmall amount of cash
- monnaiesmall amount of cash
- liquidesmall amount of cash
German Taschengeld, Sackgeld
- Taschengeldmoney given to a child
- Sackgeldmoney given to a child
- Kleingeldsmall amount of cash
Greek χαρτζιλίκι
- χαρτζιλίκι (chartzilíki)money given to a child
Hebrew דמי כיס
- דמי כיס (dmei kis)money given to a child
Hungarian zsebpénz
- zsebpénzmoney given to a child
Icelandic vasapeningar
- vasapeningarmoney given to a child
Indonesian uang saku, uang jajan
- uang sakumoney given to a child
- uang jajanmoney given to a child
Irish liúntas linbh, airgead póca
- liúntas linbhmoney given to a child
- airgead pócamoney given to a child
- airgead pócasmall amount of cash
Italian paghetta, spiccioli
- paghettamoney given to a child
- spicciolismall amount of cash
Japanese お小遣い
- お小遣い (o-kozukai)money given to a child
Korean 용돈
- 용돈 (yongdon)money given to a child
Lithuanian kišenpinigiai
- kišenpinigiaimoney given to a child
Māori moni pūkoro
- moni pūkoromoney given to a child
Norwegian Bokmål lommepenger
- lommepengermoney given to a child
Polish kieszonkowe
- kieszonkowemoney given to a child
Portuguese mesada, trocados
- mesadamoney given to a child
- trocadossmall amount of cash
Romanian bani de buzunar
- bani de buzunarmoney given to a child
Russian карма́нные де́ньги
- карма́нные де́ньги (karmánnyje dénʹgi)money given to a child
Scottish Gaelic airgead-pòcaid
- airgead-pòcaidmoney given to a child
Spanish paga, mesada
- pagamoney given to a child
- mesadamoney given to a child
- mensualidadmoney given to a child
- propinamoney given to a child
Swedish fickpeng, veckopeng
- fickpengmoney given to a child
- veckopengmoney given to a child
- månadspengmoney given to a child
- fickpengsmall amount of cash
Tagalog baon
- baonmoney given to a child
Thai เงินค่าขนม, ค่าขนม
- เงินค่าขนมmoney given to a child
- ค่าขนมmoney given to a child
Turkish harçlık, cep harçlığı
- harçlıkmoney given to a child
- cep harçlığımoney given to a child
Ukrainian кишенько́ві гро́ші
- кишенько́ві гро́ші (kyšenʹkóvi hróši)money given to a child
Welsh arian poced
- arian pocedmoney given to a child
Yiddish טאַשנגעלט
- טאַשנגעלט (tashngelt)money given to a child
Cite this entry
APA
pocket money. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20money
MLA
“pocket money.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20money. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pocket money,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20money.
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