out of pocket

out of pocket

noun
1.
lacking money.
2.
having suffered a financial loss.
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out-of-pock·et

[out-uhv-pok-it]
adjective
1.
paid out or owed in cash; necessitating an expenditure of cash: The out-of-pocket expenses include cab fares.
2.
without funds or assets: an out-of-pocket student who stayed with us.

Origin:
1880–85
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out of pocket
 
adj
1.  (postpositive) having lost money, as in a commercial enterprise
2.  without money to spend
3.  (prenominal) (of expenses) unbudgeted and paid for in cash

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out of pocket definition


  1. mod.
    out from under someone's control; not manageable. : The guy is wild. Completely out of pocket.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

out of pocket

  1. Lacking money; also, having suffered a financial loss, as in We can't go; I'm out of pocket right now. William Congreve had it in The Old Bachelor (1693): "But egad, I'm a little out of pocket at present." [Late 1600s]

  2. Referring to actual money spent, as in I had to pay the hotel bill out of pocket, but I know I'll be reimbursed. This expression sometimes occurs as a hyphenated adjective mainly in the phrase out-of-pocket expenses, as in My out-of-pocket expenses for business travel amounted to more than a thousand dollars. [Late 1800s]

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