nickel-and-dime — ☆ nickel and dime [nik′əl ən dīm′ ] Informal adj. 1. costing or spending little; cheap 2. of little value or importance; minor; petty vt. nickel (or nickeled )and dimed or nickel and dimed or nickeled and dimed, nickel (or nickeling )and diming… … English World dictionary
nickel-and-dime — ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to insist on minor… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickel-and-dimed — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickel and dime — to pressure with repeated small charges or penalties: » Lawyers for the workers argued employers were nickel and diming low paid, largely immigrant laborers. (Wall Street Journal); Vacationers resented being nickel and dimed at the luxury resort … Useful english dictionary
nickel-and-dime — /nik euhl euhn duym /, adj., v., nickel and dimed or nickeled and dimed, nickel and diming or nickeling and diming. Informal. adj. 1. of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel and dime business that soon folded. v.t. 2. to expose to… … Universalium
nickel-and-dime — I. adjective Date: 1941 1. involving or offering only a small amount of money 2. small time II. transitive verb (nickeled and dimed or nickel and dimed; nickeling and diming or nickel and diming) Date: 1961 … New Collegiate Dictionary
nickel-and-dime — v To niggle away, eat a way bit by bit. These telephone bills are nickel and diming me something awful. 1910s … Historical dictionary of American slang
nickeling-and-diming — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickeled-and-dimed — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
