"loose change" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-loose change.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} loose change (uncountable)
  1. Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Money Translations (coins kept in one's pocket or bag): odd cents (Bajan), дребни пари (drebni pari) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), xavalla [feminine] (Catalan), menut [masculine] (Catalan), 零錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 零钱 (língqián) (Chinese Mandarin), kleingeld [neuter] (Dutch), pikkuraha (Finnish), monnaie [feminine] (French), solto [masculine] (Galician), cambio [masculine] (Galician), Kleingeld [neuter] (German), ψιλά (psilá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), aprópénz (Hungarian), apró (Hungarian), spiccioli [masculine, plural] (Italian), monetine [feminine, plural] (Italian), silva (Jamaican Creole), 小銭 (kozeni) (alt: こぜに) (Japanese), 잔돈 (jandon) (Korean), задгай мөнгө (zadgaj möngö) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), бутархай зоос (english: butarxaj zoos) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), drobne [feminine, plural] (Polish), bilon [masculine] (Polish), trocado [masculine] (Portuguese), ме́лочь (méločʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cambio [masculine] (Spanish), lukönädamon (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-loose_change-en-noun-kr7j6rJa Disambiguation of Money: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bajan translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bajan translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of "coins kept in one's pocket or bag": 99 1
  2. (idiomatic) A sum of money considered small or insignificant. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Translations (small sum of money): 零錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 零钱 (língqián) (Chinese Mandarin), pikkuraha (Finnish), ψιλά (psilá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), grosze [masculine, plural] (Polish), trocado [masculine] (Portuguese), menudo (Spanish), chatarra [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-loose_change-en-noun-zrr6u1uh Disambiguation of 'small sum of money': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: small change, spare change, shrapnel [slang], coffee money Hyponyms: nickels
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      "word": "kleingeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "pikkuraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "monnaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kleingeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psilá",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ψιλά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "aprópénz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "apró"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "spiccioli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "monetine"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "silva"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こぜに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kozeni",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "小銭"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jandon",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "잔돈"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zadgaj möngö",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "задгай мөнгө"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "butarxaj zoos",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "China",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бутархай зоос"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "drobne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trocado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méločʹ",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́лочь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "coins kept in one's pocket or bag",
      "word": "lukönädamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "word": "零錢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "língqián",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "word": "零钱"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "word": "pikkuraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psilá",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ψιλά"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grosze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trocado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "word": "menudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small sum of money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chatarra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loose change"
}

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