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nickel-and-dime
(encz) | nickel-and-dime,držgrešle [hovor.] |
nickel-and-dime
(encz) | nickel-and-dime,šestákový (velmi levný) |
nickel-and-dime
(encz) | nickel-and-dime,za pár facek [hovor.] (cena) |
nickel-and-dime
(gcide) | nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial
reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a
negotiation.
[PJC]
2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be
nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating
overhead. [informal]
[PJC] |
nickel-and-dime
(gcide) | nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, a.
1. Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel-and-dime
criticisms. [informal]
[PJC]
2. Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; as, a
nickel-and-dime business operation. [informal]
[PJC] |
nickel-and-dime
(wn) | nickel-and-dime
adj 1: of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out
of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor" [syn:
nickel-and-dime, small-time]
2: low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job"
v 1: spend money frugally; spend as little as possible [syn:
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime]
2: accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a
small house for her family" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
nickel-and-dimed
(gcide) | nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial
reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a
negotiation.
[PJC]
2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be
nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating
overhead. [informal]
[PJC] |
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