NAmer, informal unimportant; small-time
a nickel-and-dime business venture
[orig denoting a store selling goods at five or ten cents]
| 单词 | nickel-and-dime |
| 释义 | nickel-and-dime1adjNAmer, informal unimportant; small-time a nickel-and-dime business venture [orig denoting a store selling goods at five or ten cents] nickel-and-dime2verb trans NAmer, informal (usu in passive)said of small expenses or other harassments: to undermine or ruin (somebody) little by little to amass (a considerable sum) little by little NAmer, informal to spend money sparingly; to penny-pinch |
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