for a song
idiom
chiefly US, informal
: for a very small amount of money
This old car can be bought/had for a song.
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Reznor and Ross have received three Oscar nods for their scores, but this would be their first for a song.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
The pop star’s first music release since the world turned bright green is a collaboration with the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, for a song on the soundtrack of Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming Wuthering Heights.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
And the reruns of Yellowstone that Paramount sold for a song back in the day, before the series became the biggest thing on basic cable.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The Evil Queen, Cruella de Vil and other Disney Villains emerged on the castle drawbridge for a song as the grand introduction to a meet-and-greet photo opportunity during the after-hours event that eventually morphed into Oogie Boogie Bash.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
The pop star’s first music release since the world turned bright green is a collaboration with the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, for a song on the soundtrack of Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming Wuthering Heights.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
And the reruns of Yellowstone that Paramount sold for a song back in the day, before the series became the biggest thing on basic cable.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The Evil Queen, Cruella de Vil and other Disney Villains emerged on the castle drawbridge for a song as the grand introduction to a meet-and-greet photo opportunity during the after-hours event that eventually morphed into Oogie Boogie Bash.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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“For a song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20song. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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