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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The donation is a pittance for AT&T, with $19.4 billion in profit last year. — Washington Post, "DirecTV owner backs free streaming service Locast as hedge," 27 June 2019 Plus, Charbono grapes sell for a pittance compared with neighboring Cab vines: $3,649 per ton versus $7,854 in 2018. — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, "The fight to keep alive Charbono, Napa’s nearly extinct heritage grape," 26 June 2019 City leaders did the right thing years ago by paying $2 million, a pittance by today’s standards, to put an easement on that land. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, "Editorial: Denver’s leaders must win this land battle for 155 acres of parkland," 24 June 2019 Chances are, only those who actually plan to cook the greens or turn them into a salad would be willing to pay even a pittance for it. — Anya Samek, The Conversation, "Americans don’t agree on whether the poor should chip in or do work in exchange for aid," 14 June 2019 If rumours are to be believed, Emery will only have a budget of around £40-50m to bring in new recruits this summer, which for a team in desperate need of improving is a pittance. — SI.com, "Reiss Nelson: What the Arsenal Youngster Could Bring on His Return to the Gunners," 5 June 2019 The gaffe was a pittance compared to the actual embarrassments that besieged the organization. — Andy Mccullough, latimes.com, "Cubs add closer Craig Kimbrel and Dodgers get company in N.L. pennant race," 5 June 2019 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. 2019These 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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