paid out or owed in cash; necessitating an expenditure of cash:
The out-of-pocket expenses include cab fares.
2.
without funds or assets:
an out-of-pocket student who stayed with us.
Origin
1880-85
Examples from the web for out of pocket
All this grant spending helped to hold down the amount the typical undergraduate paid for college out of pocket.
That's also roughly the cost of the first launch itself, and space-x has paid all other expenses out of pocket.
They can pay out of pocket for the care they may end up needing in their frail years.
And his treatment will cost far more than his parents can pay out of pocket.
But if people have to pay out of pocket, they might not ask for visiting nurse services and their illnesses may get much worse.
Everyone is going to need care, and only a handful will be able to afford to pay for it out of pocket.
British Dictionary definitions for out of pocket
out of pocket
adjective (out-of-pocket when prenominal)
1.
(postpositive) having lost money, as in a commercial enterprise
2.
without money to spend
3.
(prenominal) (of expenses) unbudgeted and paid for in cash
Slang definitions & phrases for out of pocket
out of pocket
adjective phrase
Absent or otherwise unavailable: I'm out of the pocket for a bit, but I'll get back at ya(1974+)
Idioms and Phrases with out of pocket
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 ]
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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 ]