Usage Note
Pognon is a very informal, slangy word for money, roughly equivalent to 'dough' or 'cash' in English. It belongs to familiar/argot register and would be out of place in formal writing or polite conversation. The standard alternatives are l'argent or, in slightly familiar speech, le fric.
Examples
"Il a gagné beaucoup de pognon."
Natural Translation
He earned a lot of dough.
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