Nickel-and-dime

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Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "nickel-and-dime" can be used as verb, adjective and adjective.

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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

come up drop expend scrape scrape up scratch spend

Similar Terms

cheap inexpensive unimportant

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