small amount of money

Example Sentences

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You can namecheck a child in your will, even if you wish to leave them a small amount of money or no money at all.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Banks have lent a relatively small amount of money to the private-credit funds that make the loans.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

"With the small amount of money that is available, the earlier that NHS funding can get to people the better value it is for the NHS," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

“To the federal government, it’s a pretty small amount of money, but it would make an unbelievable difference to theaters across the country,” Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York’s Public Theater, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

In this case, of course, Old Timothy meant “penny” as in a small amount of money; “Penny for your thoughts” was his way of asking what Penelope was thinking about.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood