for a song

idiom

chiefly US, informal
: for a very small amount of money
This old car can be bought/had for a song.

Examples of for a song in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Each unit equals one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album. Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024 This might seem sacrilegious for a song that’s widely regarded as a pioneering work of electronic music. James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024 Talk about a strange life for a song, to have such radically different arrangements be hits. Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024 On Top Latin Albums, one unit equals one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album. Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for for a song 

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“For a song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20song. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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