'Petty cash' definitions:
Definition of 'petty cash'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses
Definition of 'Petty cash'
From: GCIDE
- Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier (p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. Petit.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Petty averages. See under Average.
- Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts.
- Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army. [1913 Webster]
- Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See Petit. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous. [1913 Webster]