1MONEYBritish EnglishBrE a small amount of money that parents give regularly to their children, usually every week or month 〔父母定期给小孩的〕零花钱SYN American English allowance
How much pocket money do you get?
你拿多少零花钱?
2informalMONEY a small amount of extra money that you earn in order to spend it on things you want 零用钱
I give a few private lessons too, for pocket money.
我也做些家教,赚点零用钱。
Examples from the Corpus
pocket money• Her lodgings were paid for and she had £50 pocket money a week.• Now people can earn pocket money by picking it.• He earned pocket money by repairingfurniture for neighbors.• He earned pocket money by repairing furniture for neighbors and then trained as a patternmaker for a company that producedtextilemachines.• And if they have enough pocket money or other cash - say £5 - to buy whatever is available locally.• Herbert gave him pocket money to buy one a week.• He was saving his pocket money to buy a calculator.• Carmine had a man who washed his pocket money in Ivoryliquid to keep it germ-free.• Do they have to do anything to earn their pocket money?