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pin money
pin moneyn. Money for incidental expenses.pin money n 1. (Banking & Finance) money saved or earned to be used for incidental expenses 2. (Banking & Finance) (formerly)an allowance by a husband to his wife for personal expenditure pin′ mon`ey
n. any small sum set aside for minor expenditures. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pin money - cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expensespocket money, spending moneycash, hard cash, hard currency - money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" |
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pin money
pin moneyA small amount of money used for treats or other minor expenses. Even though her crafts are beautiful, Susan only makes pin money by selling them—it's her husband's job that pays the bills.See also: money, pinpin moneySmall amounts of money for incidental expenses, as in Grandma usually gives the children some pin money whenever she visits. This expression originally signified money given by a husband to his wife for small personal expenditures such as pins, which were very costly items in centuries past. A will recorded at York in 1542 listed a bequest: "I give my said daughter Margarett my lease of the parsonage . . . to buy her pins." [Early 1500s] See also: money, pinˈpin money (informal) a small amount of money that you earn, especially when this is used to buy things that you want rather than things that you need: She teaches a little French now and then, just for pin money.This was originally the money given to a woman by her husband to pay for her clothes and other personal items.See also: money, pinpin moneyAn allowance set aside for personal expenditures. The term comes from the early sixteenth century, when metal pins were very expensive. Indeed, a will recorded at York in 1542 listed a bequest: “I give my said doughter Margarett my lease of the parsonage of Kirkdall Churche . . . to by her pinnes withal.” The term stuck long after pins became a very minor budget item, and was extremely common until the mid-twentieth century. It is heard less often today. See also: money, pinPin money
PIN MONEY. Money allowed by a man to his wife to spend for her own personal comforts.
2. When pin money is given to, but not spent by the wife, on his death it belongs to his estate. 4 Vin. Ab. 133, tit'. Baron and Feme, E a. 8; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. 156; 2 P. Wms. 341; 3 P. Wms. 353; 1 Ves. 267; 2 Ves. 190; 1 Madd. Ch. 489, 490.
3. In the French law the term Epingles, pins, is used to designate the present which is sometimes given by the purchaser of an immovable to the wife or daughters of the seller to induce them to consent to the sale. This present is not considered as a part of the consideration, but a purely voluntary gift. Diet. de Jur. mot Epingles.
4. In England it was once adjudged that a promise to a wife, by the purchaser, that if she would not hinder the bargain for the sale of the husband's lands, he would give her ten pounds, was valid, and might be enforced by an action of assumpsit, instituted by husband and wife. Roll. Ab. 21, 22.
5. It has been conjectured that the term pin money, has been applied to signify the provision for a married woman, because anciently there was a tax laid for providing the English queen with pins. Barringt. on the Stat. 181. pin money
Synonyms for pin moneynoun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expensesSynonyms- pocket money
- spending money
Related Words- cash
- hard cash
- hard currency
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