Overview of verb nickel-and-dime

The verb nickel-and-dime has 2 senses

• penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)


• nickel-and-dime -- (accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family")

Overview of adj nickel-and-dime

The adj nickel-and-dime has 2 senses

• nickel-and-dime, small-time -- (of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor")


• nickel-and-dime -- (low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job")