as in dime
a very small sum of money
the internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience
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Recent Examples of pittance
Universal eventually stepped in to bankroll a spin-off movie, though the $39 million budget was a pittance in space opera terms.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Trying to move in earlier to accommodate a pittance of an audience is mind boggling stupidity.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
And the mitigation the Kraft Group is offering is a pittance of the amount the city should be getting for a 25,000 seat stadium.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Point is, why would Google want to sell access – literally the starting point to more than half the world’s population – for a pittance?
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Trying to move in earlier to accommodate a pittance of an audience is mind boggling stupidity.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
And the mitigation the Kraft Group is offering is a pittance of the amount the city should be getting for a 25,000 seat stadium.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Point is, why would Google want to sell access – literally the starting point to more than half the world’s population – for a pittance?
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pittance
dime
Noun
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Ideas are a dime a dozen, right?—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Williams ended the drought with a layup off a dime from Arnold, and Strong began to heat up with six of her points coming in the third quarter alone.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Pittance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pittance. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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