pittance
Use Pittance in a sentence
ns noun
1.
a small amount or share.
2.
a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
3.
a scanty income or remuneration.
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| —n | |
| a small amount or portion, esp a meagre allowance of money | |
| [C16: from Old French pietance ration, ultimately from Latin pietās duty] | |
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Word Origin & History
pittance
early 13c., "pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food," from O.Fr. pitance "portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest," lit. "pity," from pitié (see pity). Meaning "small amount, portion" first recorded 1560s.
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Example sentences
Artists struggling to make ends meet toil for days for a pittance.
Since no one is getting much more than a pittance from the state, there's not much to get upset about.
Basic climate research funding remains a pittance compared to the climate bureaucracy budgets.
Usually, however, these refunds are a pittance compared to the revenue click fraud generates for them.
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