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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In 2017, Isbell popped onstage for a song when the band played Nashville.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
Reznor and Ross have received three Oscar nods for their scores, but this would be their first for a song.
—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
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
Reznor and Ross have received three Oscar nods for their scores, but this would be their first for a song.
—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
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“For a song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20song. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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