Pittance
['pɪt(ə)ns] or ['pɪtns]
Definition
(noun.) an inadequate payment; 'they work all day for a mere pittance'.
Checker: Newman--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
(n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation.
Edited by Barbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Allowance (out of pity or charity), dole, allotment, charity, gift.[2]. Modicum, trifle, fragment, small portion, small allowance.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dole, driblet, drop, drain, scantling
ANT:Exuberance, abundance, profusion, lavishment
Checker: Roland
Definition
n. an allowance of food or drink: a dole: a very small portion or quantity.
Typist: Rowland
Examples
- Amelia thinks, and thinks, and racks her brain, to find some means of increasing the small pittance upon which the household is starving. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And then she shewed him how, by executing various designs and paintings, she earned a pittance for her support. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How the deuce am I to keep up my position in the world upon such a pitiful pittance? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The widow must live on her slender pittance, or on such aid as Jos could give her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Rosanne