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pittance

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pit·tance  (ptns)
n.
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 *pietns, *pietant-, present participle of *pietre, to show compassion, from Latin piets, piety; see pity.]
pittance
Noun
a very small amount of money [Old French pietance ration]
Pittance a small portion; a small number or amount.
Examples: pittance of food; of grace, 1561; of instruction, 1841; of learning; of money; of reason and truth, 1561; of wages, 1749.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pittance - an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
pittance
noun peanuts, (slang) trifle, modicum, drop, mite, chicken feed (slang) slave wages, small allowance
Translations
pittance [ˈpɪtns] n → miseria
pittance [ˈpɪtns] n → salaire m de misère
pittance [ˈpɪtns] n → Hungerlohn m
pittance [ˈpɪtns] n → miseria, magro salario


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She then betook herself to the business of packing, for which a small quantity of brown paper sufficed, and, having received her small pittance of wages, she returned home.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
This store was now nearly exhausted, and she had found a milliner who gave her a miserable pittance for toiling with her needle eight or ten hours each day.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Robert is very well in a way, to give up all the money he can earn to the family, and keep the barest pittance for himself.
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