| 单词 | pin money |
| 释义 | pin money noun[U] uk/ˈpɪn ˌmʌn.i/us/ˈpɪn ˌmʌn.i/asmallamountofextramoneythat apersonearnstobuythings that theywantbut do not need 小额闲钱Compare spending money pocket money Grants & allowances
Examplesofpin moneypin money As everyone knows, part-time work is not confined to mums of young children who work to pick uppinmoney—that is an old concept. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They should understand the worry that it is a matter not merely ofpinmoneybut of livelihoods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What about family members like wives or children helping out in the family business for nothing or pocket money orpinmoney? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people have an image of home workers as a few women working forpinmoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are elderly women in their seventies working forpinmoney—no doubt because for some reason or other they have not got pensions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In my part of the country, egg production has been thepinmoneyfor the farmer's wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When employment protection legislation was introduced, it could have been argued that in many instances part-time workers were in employment forpinmoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Given the present economic situation, it cannot be said that those workers—especially females—are interested only in earningpinmoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We still assume that women work for a second income—that is, second in order of importance—and that income is often described aspinmoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking not aboutpinmoneybut about whether people can afford to pay the rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Would anyone dare argue that, because most women work, they really work only forpinmoney? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those employees are not working forpinmoneybut for a family income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not much activity by people who earn their living from fishing but only from those for whom salmon provide extrapinmoney. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Often people say that women work just forpinmoney, but that is not so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These women are working not forpinmoneybut because they may be single parents or desperately need to supplement their husbands' low incomes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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