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pittance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | payment |
they work all day for a mere pittance.
Examples of pittance
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As Dutch growers can attest, tulip bulbs change hands these days for a pittance.
From the time.com
Weighed against the long-term cost of climate change, incentives are a pittance.
From the latimes.com
No choice after subsidies were cut and the supermarkets started paying pittance.
From the guardian.co.uk
The answer, of course, is people for whom $12 million is a comparative pittance.
From the boston.com
That's a pittance compared with the riches to be potentially made in cyberspace.
From the time.com
In spite of his insurance contracts, Migne was able to retrieve only a pittance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The amount they pay in sales tax and social security is a pittance in comparison.
From the guardian.co.uk
Whatever NATO does to him will be a pittance to the damage he has already caused.
From the dailymercury.com.au
His mother brought up three children on a pittance she earned as a schoolteacher.
From the economist.com
- An inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
- Pittance (through French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death festivals and other similar occasions. ...
- A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal; A meagre allowance of money or wages; A small amount
- In a monastery, an extra dish of fish or eggs that is eaten in addition to the standard dishes specified by the rule under which the community lives. Pittances are usually served once a day at most.
- Extra serving of food,money, or wine, received by each monastic to celebrate a festive occasion
- A woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
