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
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.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s a $100,000 guarantee the Nets will have to eat as a cap charge, but that’s chump change.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But that’s chump change, if such a thing can be said of seven-figure purses, compared to the $20-million Saudi Cup and $12-million Dubai World Cup.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Still, even those billions look like chump change next to these super-rich super-fans—a Sweet 16 with a combined net worth that Forbes estimates at $357 billion as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off this week.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s a $100,000 guarantee the Nets will have to eat as a cap charge, but that’s chump change.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But that’s chump change, if such a thing can be said of seven-figure purses, compared to the $20-million Saudi Cup and $12-million Dubai World Cup.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Still, even those billions look like chump change next to these super-rich super-fans—a Sweet 16 with a combined net worth that Forbes estimates at $357 billion as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off this week.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chump change
Noun
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The character is agile on-foot, able to stop on a dime and whiz in every direction.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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But the rest is pure presence, dealing with a car that can stop on a dime or take a corner at 140 mph.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Even so, choreographers, dancers, producers and even composers have added their two cents’ worth.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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My two cents: CEOs must invest in bias-detection tools, diverse development teams and transparency mechanisms long before deploying AI at scale.—
Diganta Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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