Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spending money
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ My parents give me $10 a week for spending money.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It should not consist merely of spending money, in terms of the framework established earlier.
▪ It will be Christmas spending money.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spending money
Spending \Spend"ing\, n. The act of expending; expenditure.
Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
spending money
alt. A sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases. n. A sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases.
WordNet
spending money
n. cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses [syn: pocket money, pin money]