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Meanings
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pocket money; personal spending money; money paid out of one's own pocket
A noun for money someone has personally available or pays privately, often in the pattern ポケットマネーで, 'with one's own money.'
He bought the team new uniforms with his own money.
Please pay for your own drinks during the trip with your personal spending money.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉をポケットマネーで買うto buy something with one's own personal money
The president bought drinks for the staff with his own pocket money.
- ポケットマネーを出すto pay for something out of one's own pocket
He paid the repair costs out of his own pocket.