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How to pronounce chickenfeed in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chump change, small change
Type of cash, hard cash, hard currency

Examples of chickenfeed

chickenfeed
For running a country the size and importance of the UK that's chickenfeed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Compared to these figures, the amount invested into gold is chickenfeed.
From the online.wsj.com
Anyway, whatever the rent, I'm sure it's not chickenfeed.
From the guardian.co.uk
The NRC study estimated them at up to $10 billion a year-chickenfeed in an economy of $10 trillion.
From the economist.com
A few of these a year in exchange for the right to bear arms is chickenfeed in a population of millions.
From the nation.time.com
We all know most everything in there is made in China by poor SOB's who make chickenfeed for wages.
From the business.time.com
That's chickenfeed if you're selling watches.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Its stock is down 10% this year, and one of the major causes for that is the high price of-get ready-chickenfeed.
From the forbes.com
But still chickenfeed, as Boris Johnson, might say.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Small change: a trifling sum of money
  • Chickenfeed (2006) is a crime novella by English writer Minette Walters, published as part of the "Quick Reads", designed to promote literacy through short, simply written and fast moving stories.
  • If something is small or unimportant, especially money, it is chickenfeed.