| 1. | an insignificant sum of money: He's so rich that $1000 is chicken feed to him. |
| 2. | small change, as pennies and nickels. |
| chicken feed n. Slang A trifling amount of money. |
chicken feed
Trifling amount of money, as in I'm not going to mow lawns for $5 an hour
that's chicken feed. This expression alludes to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses. [Slang; early 1800s]