out-of-pocket
[ out-uh v-pok-it ]
/ ˈaʊt əvˈpɒk ɪt /
adjective
paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
without funds or assets: an out-of-pocket student who stayed with us.
Origin of out-of-pocket
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby out-of-pocket
out-of-bounds,
out-of-court,
out-of-date,
out-of-door,
out-of-doors,
out-of-pocket,
out-of-print,
out-of-round,
out-of-sight,
out-of-state,
out-of-stater
Definition for out of pocket (2 of 2)
pocket
[ pok-it ]
/ ˈpɒk ɪt /
noun
adjective
small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country.
verb (used with object)
Origin of pocket
OTHER WORDS FROM pocket
pock·et·less, adjective pock·et·like, adjective un·pock·et, verb (used with object)British Dictionary definitions for out of pocket (1 of 2)
out of pocket
adjective (out-of-pocket when prenominal)
(postpositive)
having lost money, as in a commercial enterprise
without money to spend
(prenominal)
(of expenses) unbudgeted and paid for in cash
British Dictionary definitions for out of pocket (2 of 2)
pocket
/ (ˈpɒkɪt) /
noun
verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)
Derived forms of pocket
pocketable, adjective pocketless, adjectiveWord Origin for pocket
C15: from Anglo-Norman
poket a little bag, from
poque bag, from Middle Dutch
poke
poke ², bag; related to French
poche pocket
Medical definitions for out of pocket
pocket
[ pŏk′ĭt ]
n.
In anatomy, a cul-de-sac or pouchlike cavity.
A diseased space between the inflamed gum and the surface of a tooth.
A collection of pus in a nearly closed sac.
v.
To enclose within a confined space.
To approach the surface at a localized spot, as with the thinned-out wall of an abscess which is about to rupture.
Idioms and Phrases with out of pocket (1 of 2)
out of pocket
Lacking money; also, having suffered a financial loss, as in We can't go; I'm out of pocket right now. William Congreve had it in The Old Bachelor (1693): “But egad, I'm a little out of pocket at present.” [Late 1600s]
Referring to actual money spent, as in I had to pay the hotel bill out of pocket, but I know I'll be reimbursed. This expression sometimes occurs as a hyphenated adjective mainly in the phrase out-of-pocket expenses, as in My out-of-pocket expenses for business travel amounted to more than a thousand dollars. [Late 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with out of pocket (2 of 2)
pocket