walk-around money

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walk-around money

noun walkaround money · walk around money

  1. colloquial, uncountable Money for use on trivial items while walking around. Twenty dollars between the three of us wasn't a lot, but it was walk-around money for grub and cigarettes.

    Similar: petty cash

  2. US, colloquial, uncountable Money from a political campaign for use ensuring supporters bring voters to the polls, both for legitimate get out the vote efforts and political corruption. Mr Davis: Would it be feasible to use the taxpayers['] money without any checking as you're talking about here for what is commonly known as walk-around money or street money? Because under the FEC, that is now legal... Mr Lott: ... I guess since walk-around money is now considered legal, I guess th

    Similar: street money, precinct money

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@misc{walk_around_money_2026,
  title = {walk-around money},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/walk-around%20money},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}