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pittance
noun as in small amount
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The campaign supporting Proposition 6 has raised roughly $2 million, a pittance in a huge state with multiple expensive advertising markets.
From Los Angeles Times
This is sure to bring in a haul of money that would make his mugshot donations look like a pittance.
From Salon
Cynthia fed her family by working on a rubbish dump, collecting tin cans which she sold in return for a pittance.
From BBC
The fines, however, were a pittance for a billionaire: $9,000.
From Seattle Times
Conservatives says student debt relief is too expensive, but a new Congressional Budget Office estimate shows it’s a pittance.
From Los Angeles Times
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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