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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.

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[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.]

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pittance [ˈpɪt^əns]

n

a small amount or portion, esp a meagre allowance of money

[from Old French pietance ration, ultimately from Latin pietās duty]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pittance - an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance" payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

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pittance

noun peanuts (slang), trifle, modicum, drop, mite, chicken feed (slang), slave wages, small allowance Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.

Translations

pittance [ˈpɪtəns] N → miseria f
she gets paid a pittance → le pagan una miseria

pittance [ˈpɪt^əns] n → bouchée fig)f de pain >
He is paid a mere pittance → On ne le paye qu'une bouchée de pain.

pittance

n → Hungerlohn m

pittance [ˈpɪt/əns] n → miseria, somma miserabile