pittance
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Synonyms & Antonyms for pittance
Synonyms
chicken feed [slang], chump change, dime, hay, mite, peanuts, pin money, shoestring, song, two cents
Antonyms
big buck(s), boodle, bundle, fortune, king's ransom, megabuck(s), mint, wad
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Their final bill, even after paying a 62.5% tax rate on the $2.5 million above $237 million, came to $12 million, a relative pittance considering that the spending enabled them to win the World Series. — Jared Diamond, WSJ, "How MLB’s Luxury Tax Has Put a Deep Freeze on Spending," 11 Jan. 2019 But what the president and his daughter want to offer is a pittance compared to what women need after the arrival of a new child. — Bryce Covert, Glamour, "America Could at Last Pass Paid Leave. But What Good Is a Plan That Excludes Millions of Women?," 2 Apr. 2019 After an hour of waiting—a pittance, really, since many fans on the mountain spend nights camping out—the roar of a race helicopter signals the arrival of the race leader. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Tour de France Mountain Madness, and Me," 19 July 2018 Ticket prices were set deliberately low, as little as 15 euros, or $18, even before youth and other discounts; the most expensive box seat typically is no more than €120, undiscounted, a pittance by the standards of major opera houses. — Rod Nordland, New York Times, "Not Just a Pretty Facade, Palermo’s Opera Is an Anti-Mafia Symbol," 12 Mar. 2018 The Tax Foundation finds that a 70% tax rate on incomes over $10 million would increase federal revenue by less than $30 billion a year over the coming decade—a pittance compared with the more than $800 billion deficits expected this year. — Edward Conard, WSJ, "The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates," 21 Jan. 2019 Investors who in previous cycles gave a pittance publicly are now committing a few tens of thousands of dollars — not enough to move the needle in a race, but real movement from the past. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "Ten big Silicon Valley money players behind this November’s U.S. midterm elections," 20 Aug. 2018 Only 50 Light Riders will be made, and they can be reserved for €2,000 which translates into a pittance at $2,244. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "This Stunning Motorcycle Was 3D Printed From Aluminum Powder," 20 May 2016 First, in comparison to the astronomical cost of space missions, naming rights would bring in a relative pittance. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Lots of losers in small launch, Air Force award, Red (Bull) Mars," 7 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pittance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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