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nickel-and-dime

/ nickel-and-dime /
verb/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
accumulate gradually
"she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
Type of:
scrape scrape up come up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 2
of minor importance
"a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
"a small-time actor"
Similar:
unimportant
verb Sense 3
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
Type of:
spend expend drop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
40%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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scrape scrape up come up unimportant spend expend drop