pot of money
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- noun
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- That means of the $2.3 billion spent on lottery tickets in fiscal year 2011, just $632 million went to the Common School Fund, the pot of money from which the state pays for elementary and secondary education.
- a big pot of money
- a little pot of money
- a large pot of money
This pot of money is long term wealth building.
- This pot of money is long term wealth building.
- The small pot of money that Andy was kind enough to fucking hook me up with was drying out rapidly.
- It's just, it's a pot of money that's collateral to borrow from your future death benefit 'cause they know you're gonna die someday.
Examples
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A second-hand violin was found for £25, and East Sussex Council's Partnerships for Older People Projects (Popps) gave Stanton a small pot of money to pay for lessons.
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Everyone is fighting over the same pot of money.
Blog text (31) -
Then, at the end of the month, a selected person will get the pot of money to use for their business.
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Rep. Price sees two potential pots of money as possible solutions to pay for the fix.
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In 2009, at climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, rich country governments promised to deliver a pot of money to help communities in poor countries adapt to climate change and develop their economies in a low-carbon way.
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The charity managed to raise a substantial pot of money to support disaster relief efforts.
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After years of saving, she finally had a nice pot of money to renovate her house.
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The lottery winner was excited about the huge pot of money they had just earned.
Synonyms
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1.8
Money saved or set aside for a specific purpose
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1.1
The total money people use, need, or have for a certain purpose
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1.0
An amount of money considered as a whole
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1.0
A total amount of money
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1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
Money set aside for a specific purpose by an organization or government
Money kept to pay for a planned new project or a large cost
Cash you keep for immediate use
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sum of money available' is directly derivable from combining 'pot' (a container or collected sum) with 'of money' — it denotes money held together or set aside. This simple container/sum + of + noun composition is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent senses would understand it.
Etymology
Pot of money comes from the simple image of a pot holding money, like when people put coins into one container or a prize pot in a game so everyone can see the total. That's why it means 'an amount of money collected or saved for a purpose'.