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BNC: 19480 COCA: 22478

pittance

pit·tance /ˈpɪtəns/ noun [singular]  
PAY somebody FOR WORKLITTLE/NOT VERYa very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves 微薄的工资;极少的钱 OPP fortune
earn/be paid a pittance
 The musicians earn a pittance.
那些乐师收入微薄。
work/be sold for a pittance
 The crop was sold for a pittance.
那些庄稼只卖得一小笔钱。
 She raised three children on a pittance.
她靠微薄的收入抚养三个孩子。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
pittancepit·tance /ˈpɪtəns/ noun [singular]
a very small or unfairly small amount of money
She gets paid a pittance.
Origin pittance
(1200-1300) Old French pitance piety, pity, from Latin pietas; → PITY1
pit·tance noun
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BNC: 19480 COCA: 22478
BNC: 19480 COCA: 22478
BNC: 19480 COCA: 22478
pittance
Small amounts of money: pittance, subsistence, pocket money...

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