pittance
11pittance — n. (formal) a mere, small pittance * * * [ pɪt(ə)ns] small pittance (formal) a mere …
12pittance — [[t]pɪ̱t(ə)ns[/t]] pittances N COUNT: usu sing (emphasis) 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. Her secretaries work tirelessly… …
13pittance — /ˈpɪtns / (say pitns) noun 1. a small allowance or sum for living expenses: *But really, my dear Hugh, you must increase the pittance you have been expecting us to exist on. –katherine susannah prichard, 1929. 2. a scanty income or remuneration.… …
14pittance — noun a) A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal. So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it …
15pittance — pit|tance [ pıtns ] noun singular an amount of money that is so small that it seems unfair: Sue gets paid an absolute pittance at the coffee bar …
16pittance — noun (singular) a very small or unfairly small amount of money: She gets paid a pittance …
17pittance — noun the musicians were paid a pittance Syn: a tiny amount, next to nothing, very little; informal peanuts, chicken feed, slave wages, chump change …
18pittance — UK [ˈpɪt(ə)ns] / US noun [singular] an amount of money that is so small that it seems unfair Sue gets paid an absolute pittance …
19pittance — n. 1 a scanty or meagre allowance, remuneration, etc. (paid him a mere pittance). 2 a small number or amount. 3 hist. a pious bequest to a religious house for extra food etc. Etymology: ME f. OF pitance f. med.L pi(e)tantia f. L pietas PITY …
20pittance — noun Etymology: Middle English pitance, from Anglo French, piety, pity, dole, portion, from Medieval Latin pietantia, from pietant , pietans, present participle of pietari to be charitable, from Latin pietas piety more at pity Date: 14th century… …
