Where does the US term "out of pocket" originate and what do you understand it to mean?
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I understand it to mean paying for something with assistance.\n\nFor example:\n\n"I had to pay for my college 'out of pocket'".  In that case meaning I paid for it without any help at all except money I was to provide directly or would repay back in the form of loans.\n_____________________________________________________\n\nThis use of the phrase started in the southern and southwestern US, and is still more common there than elsewhere. It comes from the game of pool, in which an "out of pocket" shot - a player fails to sink a ball into a pocket - means a missed turn. Therefore, "I am not available" (to play my turn). The phrase was also used by US Afro-Americans in the 1940s-70s to refer to someone acting in an unacceptable or tasteless manner.
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We're now working on the principle of "credits" or "points". You trade me so many points, I keep your lights on. Pretty soon we won't use cash and won't need credit cards... our financial history and information will be linked to our thumbprints (of course, we must fight against this!!) so you'll just give you thumbprint and walk out of the grocery store or pay your electric or whatever. \n\nTechnically, there are not enough bills or coins in the US to cover all the monies we use daily.
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the reference book everyone should have at her or his fingertips, does not give an origin for this saying; however it does give as definitions or equivalents:\n"You cannot spend your money and yet keep it. You cannot serve both God and Mammon. You cannot have it both ways."
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That was the popular name for several mostly rural populist parties in the 1870's (U.S.) who promoted the issuance of paper money not redeemable in gold or silver, as a means of increasing farmers' liquidity.  They also advocated women's suffrage and elected several state legislators and I believe some Congressmen.
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The Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled "Legal tender," states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues."\n\nThis statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.
923188
I have no idea how this originated but it means each person pays for their own expenses.
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During the 1920's in the US the economic boom lead to a great number of investors in the stock market. The laws applying to the purchase of stocks allowed for the purchase of stock on margin.  This meant a small amount of money was put down and the rest was held on credit.  Much of the debt was foreign, in loans to European nations who were struggling to recover from World War I. The market did not generate sufficient cash to meet the increased value of stocks.  As the investors took "profits" the market became more and more strapped for cash.  When US banks tried to call in foreign loans the nations were unable to pay. The lack of cash resulted in the rapid decline of stock values and lead to the crash of 1929, bringing about a world wide economic depression in which many people lost all they had.
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It means Automatic Investment Plan.\n\nAn investment program that allows you to contribute small amounts of money (as little as $20 a month) in regular intervals. Funds are automatically deducted from your checking/savings account or your paycheck, and invested in a retirement account or mutual fund.\n\nThis is one of the best ways to save money. By "paying yourself first" many people find they invest more in the long run. Their investments are treated as another part of their regular budget. It also helps to force you to pay for investments automatically, so don't forget and spend all your money on impulse.
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the word dollar was in use in the English language as slang or mis-pronunciation for the thaler (which was german slang for a coin minted in a certain valley or 'thal' ) for about 200 years before the American Revolution.  Many quotes in the plays of Shakespeare refer to 'dollars' as money.
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The origin seems to be unknown - and be aware of the fact, that in earlier days it was a 1 dollar coin.\n(see link)
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I'm from America and I don't think that is right. America has some stupid laws. \n\nFor example if I invest in off shore investments I have to still turn it in so the IRS can tax it. If I don't I will get charged with tax invasion. The funny thing is this isn't their money it is from another country.
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I guess you mean, "What do we call the money that's paid in order to be exempt from military service?" \n\nIn America, if we had a draft, we'd call it "a bribe."   \n\nPerhaps another name for it would be "I'm a spoiled rich kid who's too much of a wuss to serve my country money."  \n\n.
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Basically, when the amount of money we're spending on things like social services and wars is more than the amount the government is getting from taxes, they need more money to pay the people providing the services.  So they borrow money from private business and other nations (we also lend money to other nations) to pay the difference.  They also borrow money from private individuals in the form of government bonds (this is when you buy basically a piece of paper, and in a fix number of years they'll pay you back with a fixed amount of interest).  When they borrow money from someone, they will then owe them money (i.e. they will have a debt).  Since the debt belongs to the government, which represents the nation as a whole, it's called the National Debt.\n\nThe National Debt is currently at a record high.  At the end of Clinton's presidency (i.e. 2000), we had a record surplus (when the government has money left over - sort of like a negative debt).  Many economists argue that a small national debt is actually good because it keeps businesses tied to the government and the government acountible to the public (I happen to think they're right about this), but a large debt generally means that we have become dependent upon foreign loans, and it puts our government programs in danger (because they may not be able to afford to keep them going).
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Sounds like a lawyer's way of saying the individual has all his money tied up in "investments" and is unable to pay off some debt or bill or other responsbility.\n\n"Investments" can be stocks, bonds, real estate, term CDs, company ownership, commodities, collectibles -- anything that has value and would need to be sold to get actual money.  In some cases a "liquidity constrained" individual can simply transfer some of these items in lieu of selling.
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FROM BILLS AND DEBTS !?!!!!!!\nYES!!!!!
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ALL THE TIME! the governement uses borrowed money fron the centrel bank to pay for all of it's short commings. And here is a little secret: do you know that the green in your wallet is only worth the paper it is printed on? Yes, The american peoples money is worth NOTHING! the gold backing system wsa abandoned in the 60's! So all the money in the bank, and elsewhere, is worth nothing! (unless you have gold) So our borowed money is jut money that the centrel pank prints out, and "loans" to the governement.
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Dollar Diplomacy. Started by President Taft. But the U.S. doesn't/can't just keep printing more money. It doesn't work like that. I wouldn't call it "fooling other countries" though. It's more like investing in what the U.S. wants.