as in dime
a very small sum of money
what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
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Recent Examples of chump change
Not to mention, in the grand scheme of this year’s 5.35 trillion-dollar federal budget, $300,000 is chump change, a rounding error.
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Elizabeth Kaye Cook
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Still, even those billions look like chump change next to the C-Suite 16—a group of ultra-rich fans using their combined net worth of $357 billion to bankroll the schools in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
If the federal government were to assume the costs of IVF instead, the fiscal impact would be at least $80 billion over a ten-year budget window—hardly chump change in an era of inflation pressures and rising budget deficits.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
All this is relative chump change for a man who earned more than $107 million during his 14-year NBA career.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Elizabeth Kaye Cook
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Still, even those billions look like chump change next to the C-Suite 16—a group of ultra-rich fans using their combined net worth of $357 billion to bankroll the schools in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
If the federal government were to assume the costs of IVF instead, the fiscal impact would be at least $80 billion over a ten-year budget window—hardly chump change in an era of inflation pressures and rising budget deficits.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
All this is relative chump change for a man who earned more than $107 million during his 14-year NBA career.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chump change
dime
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Jamal Murray has been torching opposing defenses, and Nikola Jokić is dropping dimes left and right.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Italian metal extremist has been going down a rabbit hole of his own with a series of highly technical I, Voidhanger releases marked by extraterrestrial synth work and winding, stop-on-a-dime riffs.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chump%20change. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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