pittance
[noun]
Synonyms: peanuts (slang), chicken feed (slang), drop, mite, slave wages, trifle

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Contrasted words: abundance, opulence, plenty, wealth
Related Idioms: a drop in the bucket, cheeseparings and candle ends
Related Words: bit, mite, scrap, smidgen, trace, inadequacy, insufficiency

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pit‧tance /ˈpɪtəns/ noun [singular]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: pitance 'piety, pity', from Latin pietas; ⇒ pity¹]
a very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves Antonym : fortune
earn/be paid a pittance
The musicians earn a pittance.
work/be sold for a pittance
The crop was sold for a pittance.
She raised three children on a pittance.

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