small fortune
Definition of small fortune
: a surprisingly or unexpectedly large amount of money They spent a small fortune on redecorating their house.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: having comparatively little size or slight dimensions
: lowercase
: minor in influence, power, or rank
: in or into small pieces
: without force or loudness
: in a small manner
: a part smaller and especially narrower than the remainder
: small-sized products
: smallclothes
: a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
: accident, incident
: prosperity attained partly through luck : success
: to give good or bad fortune to
: to endow with a fortune
: happen, chance
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