as in dime
a very small sum of money
the internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience
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Recent Examples of pittance
Point is, why would Google want to sell access – literally the starting point to more than half the world’s population – for a pittance?
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Some Russian media commentators also note how Alaska was once Russian territory, sold by Tsar Alexander II to the United States for a pittance in 1867
Many observers, particularly Russian, are dismissing the meeting as a sign Trump has allowed Putin to once again deceive him.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
It was funded to the tune of the low-six figures, a pittance compared to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual Chinese spending on everything from buying broadcast spectrum to hiring up African journalists to hosting trips for global media.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The company offered a pittance in Google Store credit or a free battery swap in recompense, but taking advantage of either can be a pain.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Some Russian media commentators also note how Alaska was once Russian territory, sold by Tsar Alexander II to the United States for a pittance in 1867
Many observers, particularly Russian, are dismissing the meeting as a sign Trump has allowed Putin to once again deceive him.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
It was funded to the tune of the low-six figures, a pittance compared to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual Chinese spending on everything from buying broadcast spectrum to hiring up African journalists to hosting trips for global media.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The company offered a pittance in Google Store credit or a free battery swap in recompense, but taking advantage of either can be a pain.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pittance
dime
Noun
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And, things can turn on a dime, so hug those kiddos extra tight!—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Keaton could turn on a dime—from despair to neutral observation of the situation and her place in it.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Pittance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pittance. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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