graffiti. 1  plural of graffito. ( 2 used with a plural verb) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
In the realm of money in a marriage, this could mean that the husband has sole control over the checkbook, pays all the bills, and sees to the family savings and investing as well as giving, while at the same time consulting his wife and getting her input on financial decisions.
But the practice is less exotic than it appears. It follows a long history of wife-paying strategies with their own vocabulary, including allowance, pin money, egg money, spending money, pocket money, or dole.. And each payment has generated moral controversy.