He works for a mere pittance.
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Pittance
//ˈpɪtəns//
Synonyms for "pittance" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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Translations
36 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- оскъдно заплащане noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
- подаяние noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Danish
1 entries- sulteløn noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Finnish
4 entries- hitunen noun (a small amount)
- mitätön ateria noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
- nälkäpalkka noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
- pikkuraha noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
French
1 entries- pitance noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Galician
1 entries- pitanza noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
German
3 entries- Almosen noun (a small amount)
- Hungerlohn noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
- Hungermahlzeit noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Italian
2 entries- miseria noun (a small amount)
- pietanza noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Norwegian
1 entries- ussel lønn noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Persian
1 entries- شندرغاز noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Polish
2 entries- ostatki noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
- resztki noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Portuguese
1 entries- mixaria noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Russian
1 entries- скудное жалование noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- crkavica noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
- milostinja noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
- сића noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Sicilian
4 entries- anticchia noun (a small amount)
- jitu noun (a small amount)
- muzzucuni noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
- muḍḍica noun (small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal)
Spanish
1 entries- miseria noun (a small amount)
Swedish
1 entries- spottstyver noun (meagre allowance of money or wages)
Turkish
1 entries- üç kuruş noun (a small amount)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
He bought all this furniture for a pittance.
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They sold off their lands for a pittance.
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Human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the sum requested is only a pittance, considering human rights is one of the three pillars of the United Nations, along with peace and security.
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