121pocket change — UK US noun [U] ► coins rather than paper money: »Several people gave pocket change as donations to the event. ► a small amount of money: »When states are collecting $7 billion in sales tax, a few million is pocket change …
122pocket the difference — ► to keep the extra money made from a financial deal, often in a dishonest way: »They purchased homes with loans above the asking price so they could pocket the difference. Main Entry: ↑pocket …
123pocket-book — / pɑkit bʊk/, it. / pɔket buk/ s. ingl. [comp. di pocket tasca (e con funz. attributiva da tasca, tascabile ) e book libro ], usato in ital. al masch. (bibl.) [libro di piccolo formato, venduto generalm. a basso prezzo] ▶◀ pocket, tascabile.… …
124pocket change — pocket .change n [U] AmE 1.) a small or unimportant amount of money ▪ The money is nothing pocket change to them. 2.) coins that you carry in your pocket …
125pocket money — pocket .money n [U] 1.) BrE a small amount of money that parents give regularly to their children, usually every week or month American Equivalent: allowance ▪ How much pocket money do you get? 2.) informal a small amount of extra money that you… …
126pocket-size — [päk′it sīz΄] adj. of a relatively small size; esp., of a size to fit in the pocket: also pocket sized …
127pocket handkerchief — UK US noun [countable] [singular pocket handkerchief plural pocket handkerchiefs] old fashioned a handkerchief Thesaurus: caring for the skin and applying make up …
128Pocket veto — The retention by the President of the United States of a bill unsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the following constitutional provision ( Const. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2): If any bill shall not be returned by the President… …
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