Portokasse
dieNounpetty cash (for postage); often used figuratively to mean 'pocket change'.
English translations
- 01
cash register
Word details
- German meaning
- Die Portokasse ist eine kleine Kasse, die für kleinere Ausgaben wie Porto, Büromaterial oder Trinkgelder verwendet wird.
- English meaning
- Petty cash
- Synonym
- Kleine Kasse, Bargeldkasse
- German example
- Ich habe das Briefporto aus der Portokasse bezahlt.
- English example
- I paid the postage from the petty cash.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Portokasse
- Plural Form
- die Portokassen
Related words
- aus der Portokasse zahlen
To pay out of petty cash
Example sentences with “Portokasse”
Diese Summe zahlt er aus der Portokasse. (He pays this sum out of his pocket change.)
Frequently asked questions
What does it mean figuratively?
It means an amount of money that is insignificant to someone wealthy.