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- Dictionarypittance/ˈpɪt(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. a very small or inadequate amount of money: "he paid his workers a pittance"
- 2. a pious bequest to a religious house or order to provide extra food and wine at particular festivals, or on the anniversary of the benefactor's death. historical
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PITTANCE definition: 1. a very small amount of money, especially money received as payment, income, or a present: 2. a…. Learn more.
pittance. noun. pit· tance ˈpi-tᵊn (t)s. Synonyms of pittance. : a small portion, amount, or allowance. also : a meager wage or remuneration. Did you know? It's a pity when you haven't anything but a pittance. And in fact, pity and pittance share etymological roots.
noun. a small amount or share. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses. a scanty income or remuneration. pittance. / ˈpɪtəns / noun. a small amount or portion, esp a meagre allowance of money.
A pittance is a tiny payment or small reimbursement for work — generally an amount that's inadequate. The restaurant may pay you a pittance, but you can do well if you get a lot of good tips.
If you say that you receive a pittance, you are emphasizing that you get only a very small amount of money, probably not as much as you think you deserve. [ emphasis ] Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
1. A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration. 2. A very small amount: not a pittance of remorse. [Middle English pitance, from Old French, allowance of food to a monk or poor person, from Medieval Latin pietantia, from *pietāns, *pietant-, present participle of *pietāre, to show compassion, from Latin pietās, piety; see pity .]
a very small amount of money that somebody receives, for example as a wage, and that is hardly enough to live on. to pay somebody a pittance. to work for a pittance.
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pittance. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pit‧tance /ˈpɪtəns/ noun [ singular] a very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves OPP fortune earn/be paid a pittance The musicians earn a pittance. work/be sold for a pittance The crop was sold for a pittance.
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