petty cash
Example Sentences
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The museum, on the first floor, is a re-creation of “Skeldale House,” down to the pint pot in which Siegfried kept the petty cash and the old central telephone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
“We want the government to provide emergency services like helping fund tickets, food, petty cash, and cellphones and emergent medical needs on arrival,” Vazquez said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
After a burglar bashed a hole in our front door, we kept the petty cash in the bookshelves behind a volume of Ezra Pound.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2019
The roughly $25 million the N.F.L. spends annually on officials is petty cash to a $12 billion organization; higher pay for full-time positions could be arranged.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2015
I’d pulled two twenties and a ten from the petty cash for the party and both Jacksons were still in my pocket.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
