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单词 pittance
释义

pittance

noun
/ˈpɪtns/
/ˈpɪtns/
[usually singular]
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  1. a very small amount of money that somebody receives, for example as a wage, and that is hardly enough to live on
    • to pay somebody a pittance
    • to work for a pittance
    • She could barely survive on the pittance she received as a pension.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pitance, from medieval Latin pitantia, from Latin pietas ‘pity’.
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