pittance
31pittance — [ˈpɪt(ə)ns] noun [singular] an amount of money that is so small that it seems unfair …
32pittance — pit•tance [[t]ˈpɪt ns[/t]] n. 1) a small amount or share 2) a small allowance of money 3) a scanty wage or remuneration • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME pitaunce < OF pitance, var. of pietance piety, pity, allowance of food …
33pittance — Pālau eka, lau eka, mā ilu, mā ilu ilu, u uku ka loa a …
34pittance — see PITY …
35pittance payment — noun A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration. A very small amount …
36ration — n Ration, allowance, dole, pittance denote the amount of food, supplies, or money allotted to an individual. Ration implies apportionment and, often, equal sharing. Specifically it is applied in military and naval use to the daily supply of… …
37pit|tance — «PIHT uhns», noun. 1. a small allowance of money; very scanty wage or stipend: »a widow s pittance. She…contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life (Mary Shelley). 2. a small amount or share: »to retain at least a pittance of …
38pity — [13] Latin pius ‘pious’, an adjective of unknown origin which gave English expiate and pious, had a noun derivative pietās. This has come into English in three distinct forms. First to arrive, more or less contemporaneously, were pity and piety… …
39pity — [13] Latin pius ‘pious’, an adjective of unknown origin which gave English expiate and pious, had a noun derivative pietās. This has come into English in three distinct forms. First to arrive, more or less contemporaneously, were pity and piety… …
40work one's fingers to the bone — {v. phr.} To work very hard. * / I have to work my fingers to the bone for a measly pittance of a salary, Fred complained./ …
