budget dust

budget dust n. money said to be insignificant when compared to other (planned) expenditures. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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Why Money is Sometimes “Cool”

While reading Great Expectations (Bookshop|Amazon) by Charles Dickens, a listener in Arlington, Texas, is surprised when one of the characters inherits some money, which Dickens describes as a cool four thousand. Were they really using cool that way...