Pittance Definition

pĭtns
noun
A small or barely sufficient allowance of money.
Webster's New World
Any small amount or share.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pittance

Noun

Singular:
pittance
Plural:
pittances

Origin of Pittance

  • Middle English pitance from Old French allowance of food to a monk or poor person from Medieval Latin pietantia from pietāns *pietant- present participle of *pietāre to show compassion from Latin pietās piety pity

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pietantia

    From Wiktionary

Pittance Sentence Examples

  • A million might look like a pittance.

  • They were paid a pittance for lace made by the yard, .

  • People earning a pittance will take years just to save this small amount.

  • At the moment I get a pittance for pay yet I pay an immense amount of council tax.

  • He learned and practised several small handicrafts, and devoting his nights to study of the most miscellaneous description earned a pittance by teaching.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIT

Words Ending With

ECENCE

Unscrambles

pittance

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PI & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With CE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With E