as in spending money
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Recent Examples of petty cash
Take all my petty cash, Joe.
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Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
Johnson, who has called for tightening election laws after the 2020 election, suggested performing audits without advance notice in a certain number of precincts and likened the process to a business auditing petty cash as a signal to root out any potential fraud.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
One of my first intern tasks at an esteemed magazine over a decade ago, other than picking up thousands of dollars of petty cash for an unnamed editor—another time—was fetching a 64-ounce tub of Magnolia Bakery banana pudding for a staffer’s going away party.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
To the extent there’s been solidarity, it’s been in the petty cash.
—Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
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Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
Johnson, who has called for tightening election laws after the 2020 election, suggested performing audits without advance notice in a certain number of precincts and likened the process to a business auditing petty cash as a signal to root out any potential fraud.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
One of my first intern tasks at an esteemed magazine over a decade ago, other than picking up thousands of dollars of petty cash for an unnamed editor—another time—was fetching a 64-ounce tub of Magnolia Bakery banana pudding for a staffer’s going away party.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
To the extent there’s been solidarity, it’s been in the petty cash.
—Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
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