PIN MONEY


Meaning of PIN MONEY in English

noun

1.

a. : money allotted by a man to his wife, daughter, or sister for her personal expenses especially for clothes

this man provides pin money in plenty for his daughter — W.J.Weston

b. : money used or set aside for the purchase of incidentals : pocket money

selling … jam and things for pin money — Alice S. Rivoire

2. : a trifling sum of money

worked feverishly for what would look like pin money to modern … men — D.W.Maurer

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.