petty cash
a small amount of money for buying office necessities
TRANSLATION
petty cash = die Barkasse, die Portokasse --- GOOGLE INDEX petty cash: approximately 5,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Martini, of Griffin Lane, who earned £24,000 per year at the time of her arrest, was responsible for managing PETTY CASH, client bank accounts and expenses and had been given more and more responsibility throughout her time at the firm.
---
Responsibilities: answering of phones, first person contact with clients, co-ordinating diaries, office administration (ordering), managing PETTY CASH, travel arrangements, help with the creation of quotes and invoices
(bizcommunity.com - job advertisement)
---
Responsibilities: answering of phones, first person contact with clients, co-ordinating diaries, office administration (ordering), managing PETTY CASH, travel arrangements, help with the creation of quotes and invoices
(bizcommunity.com - job advertisement)
Did you
know?
petty cash
noun phrase
- a small amount of money kept in an office for buying small things that are needed
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
---
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the adjective "petty" means "of small importance, trivial."
In the term petty cash, "petty" is actually used in a relative sense to describe small notes and change for buying smaller items like office supplies, stamps or a subway ticket for an employee who needs to see a customer across town. Still, the newspapers regularly report the misuse of petty cash funds for not-so-petty purchases like cars and jewellery.
In contrast to the Bible which tells us that money is the root of all evil, Mark Twain said "The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Etymology: Petty is from the Old French "petit" (small) and cash is from the Middle French "caisse", which originally referred to a money box (from the Latin "capsa" or box), but later took on just the sense of the contents of the box.
---
SYNONYMS
cash reserve, emergency fund, kitty
---
SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You can pay guests' taxi fares from the petty cash."
noun phrase
- a small amount of money kept in an office for buying small things that are needed
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
---
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the adjective "petty" means "of small importance, trivial."
In the term petty cash, "petty" is actually used in a relative sense to describe small notes and change for buying smaller items like office supplies, stamps or a subway ticket for an employee who needs to see a customer across town. Still, the newspapers regularly report the misuse of petty cash funds for not-so-petty purchases like cars and jewellery.
In contrast to the Bible which tells us that money is the root of all evil, Mark Twain said "The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Etymology: Petty is from the Old French "petit" (small) and cash is from the Middle French "caisse", which originally referred to a money box (from the Latin "capsa" or box), but later took on just the sense of the contents of the box.
---
SYNONYMS
cash reserve, emergency fund, kitty
---
SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You can pay guests' taxi fares from the petty cash."
