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nickel-and-dime
nick·el-and-dime (nĭk′əl-ən-dīm′) Informal adj.1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job.2. Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York).v. nick·el-and-dimed, nick·el-and-dim·ing, nick·el-and-dimes or nick·eled-and-dimed or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing or nick·els-and-dimes v.intr. To spend very little money.v.tr.1. To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially: nickel-and-dimed the project to death.2. To accumulate in small amounts: "nickel-and-diming a substantial bankroll together" (Newsweek).nickel-and-dime adj small; insignificant; involving small amounts of money vb (tr) to wear or bring someone down by small-scale incursions, penalties etcnick′el-and-dime′
adj., v. nick•el-and-dimed nick•eled-and-dimed, nick•el-and-dim•ing nick•el•ing-and-dim•ing. Informal. adj. 1. insignificant; trivial; petty. v.t. 2. to expose to financial hardship by the accumulation of small expenses. 3. to hinder, annoy, or harass with trivialities or nonessentials. [1965–70] Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | nickel-and-dime - spend money frugally; spend as little as possiblepenny-pinchexpend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" | | 2. | nickel-and-dime - accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" | | Adj. | 1. | nickel-and-dime - of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"small-timeunimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | | 2. | nickel-and-dime - low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job"cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" |
Translationsnickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dimeTo assess costs or fees in enough small amounts that it adds up to a substantial sum. Between the increases in property tax, sales tax, and income tax, I feel like the government is trying nickel-and-dime us to death. That phone company is nickel-and-diming their customers with all those fees.nickel-and-dime someone (to death)Fig. to make numerous small monetary charges that add up to a substantial sum. Those contractors nickel-and-dimed me to death. Just give me the whole bill at one time. Don't nickel-and-dime me for days on end.nickel and dime AMERICAN1. If you describe something as nickel and dime, you mean that it is not important or serious, or involves only small amounts of money. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin and a dime is a ten cent coin. I want to keep the campaign on the issues that matter. I'm not interested in that nickel and dime stuff. Some claim the company's nickel-and-dime charges are driving away sellers of inexpensive items. Note: You can also say nickel-dime with the same meaning. It's nickel-dime stuff, though, compared to what you and Michael have to deal with.2. If someone nickels and dimes someone or something, they harm them by continually taking small amounts of money away from them, or by continually making small changes or requests. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin and a dime is a ten cent coin. The claims aren't huge but there are a lot of them and it all adds up. We're getting nickeled and dimed to death.See also: and, dime, nickelˌnickel-and-ˈdime involving only a small amount of money; not important: I’m going to make serious money this time. No more no nickel-and-dime stuff for me. ▶ ˌnickel-and-ˈdime verb charge many small fees which add up to a large amount in total: Unlike other companies, we charge a flat fee so we won’t nickel-and-dime you to death.nickel-and-dime
Synonyms for nickel-and-dimeverb spend money frugallySynonymsRelated Wordsverb accumulate graduallyRelated Words- scrape up
- scrape
- scratch
- come up
adj of minor importanceSynonymsRelated Wordsadj low-payingRelated Words |