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chicken feed

noun

Definition of chicken feed

slang

:a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)

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Examples of chicken feed in a Sentence

The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.
Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!

First Known Use of chicken feed

1836

chicken feed Synonyms

Synonyms

mite [slang], chump change, dime, hay, peanuts, pin money, pittance, shoestring, song, two cents

Antonyms

big buck (s), boodle, bundle, fortune, king's ransom, megabuck (s), mint, wad

Related Words

petty cash, pocket money, spending money

Near Antonyms

bankroll, capital, funds, means, wherewithal; opulence, pelf, riches, treasure, wealth; heap, pile, pot; bonanza, mine, treasure trove, treasury

CHICKEN FEED Defined for English Language Learners

chicken feed

noun

Definition of chicken feed for English Language Learners

: an amount of money that is too small to be considered important

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