Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pocket money / Personal money: Money that comes from one's own personal funds or savings, as opposed to money from another source like a company, organization, or shared account. It implies personal expenditure.
   • Out-of-pocket expense: Money paid directly by an individual from their own financial resources.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy phải bỏ tiền túi ra để sửa xe. (He had to use his own money to repair the car.)
  • Khoản chi đó là từ tiền túi của giám đốc, không phải của công ty. (That expense was from the director's personal funds, not the company's.)
  • Tôi chỉ tiêu tiền túi của mình thôi. (I only spend my own pocket money.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often appears in the structure "bỏ tiền túi ra" or "tự bỏ tiền túi", which emphasizes the voluntary or necessary act of spending one's own money.
  • Cô giáo tự bỏ tiền túi mua sách cho học sinh. (The teacher used her own money to buy books for the students.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiền riêng (n): Personal/private money. This is a close synonym, though "tiền túi" more strongly emphasizes the physical "pocket" as the source.
• Tiền cá nhân (n): Personal funds.

Synonyms

• Own money: Money belonging to oneself.
• Personal funds: Financial resources owned by an individual.
• Out-of-pocket money: Money spent directly by a person.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bỏ tiền túi (ra): To pay out of one's own pocket.
  • Dự án thiếu kinh phí nên thành viên nào cũng phải bỏ tiền túi. (The project was underfunded so every member had to pay out of their own pocket.)
• Chịu tiền túi: To bear the cost personally.
  • Nếu hỏng, bạn sẽ phải chịu tiền túi đấy. (If it breaks, you will have to bear the cost yourself.)