PRIZE MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prize money mean? 

• PRIZE MONEY (noun)
  The noun PRIZE MONEY has 1 sense:

1. any money given as a prize

  Familiarity information: PRIZE MONEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIZE MONEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any money given as a prize

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("prize money" is a kind of...):

award; prize (something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery)

 Context examples 

So Jo was satisfied with the investment of her prize money, and fell to work with a cheery spirit, bent on earning more of those delightful checks.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)