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英英字典: nickel-and-dime

nickel-and-dime   (TTS Sound)



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")

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