petty cash

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noun
  1. a cash fund for paying small charges, as for minor office supplies or deliveries.

Origin of petty cash

1
First recorded in 1825–35

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British Dictionary definitions for petty cash

petty cash

noun
  1. a small cash fund kept on a firm's premises for the payment of minor incidental expenses

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