Meaning of out-of-pocket in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   out-of-pocket

   Definitions

   1. calling for the spending of cash

   Examples

   • « his out-of-pocket costs were $10 »

   Synonyms

   • due
   • owed

Famous quotes

• « The only truly individualistic health-care choice - where you receive care that is unpolluted by anyone else's funds - is to forgo insurance altogether, paying out-of-pocket for health services as you need them. »
  Thomas Frank
• « American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate. »
  Jim Ramstad

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