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121petty cash — The amount of cash that an organization keeps in notes or coins on its premises to pay small items of expense. This is to be distinguished from cash, which normally refers to amounts held at banks. Petty cash transactions are normally recorded in …
122petty crime — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms petty crime : singular petty crime plural petty crimes a crime that is not very serious …
123petty officer — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms petty officer : singular petty officer plural petty officers an officer of low rank in the navy …
124petty bag — noun or petty bag office Etymology: petty bag from obsolete English petty small (from Middle English pety) + English bag; from the fact that the record of each case was kept in a small bag : a former office of the common law side of the English… …
125petty sessions — noun plural : the sessions of magistrates or justices that require no jury and that are held in exercise of summary jurisdiction and similar minor matters * * * Eng. Law. a court of summary jurisdiction for minor offenses that is held without a… …
126petty officer first class — noun Date: 1917 an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer second class and below a chief petty officer …
127petty officer second class — noun Date: 1917 an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer third class and below a petty officer first class …
128Petty, Lee — ▪ 2001 American race car driver (b. March 14, 1914, Level Cross, N.C. d. April 5, 2000, Greensboro, N.C.), was a three time National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Grand National champion, winner of the first Daytona 500,… …
