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pittance(dictionary)

pittance (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: pitance 'piety, pity', from Latin pietas; PITY1]
a very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves
earn/be paid a pittance
::The musicians earn a pittance.
work/be sold for a pittance
::The crop was sold for a pittance.
::She raised three children on a pittance.