Nickel-and-dime Definition
nĭkəl-ən-dīm
nickel and dimes, nickels and dimes
adjective
Costing or spending little; cheap.
Webster's New World
Involving or paying only a small amount of money.
A nickel-and-dime job.
American Heritage
Minor; small-time.
American Heritage
Of little value or importance; minor; petty.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of nickel and dime.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To spend very little on.
Webster's New World
To spend very little.
Webster's New World
To weaken, erode, destroy, etc. as by the repeated expenditure of small sums or repeated niggling actions.
Webster's New World
To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially.
Nickel-and-dimed the project to death.
American Heritage
To accumulate in small amounts.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- penny-pinch
noun
(US, slang) Fifteen years.
Wiktionary
idiom
nickel-and-dime it
- to succeed or obtain something gradually by the repeated expenditure of small sums or the slow gathering of votes, power, money, etc. in small increments
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nickel-and-dime
- nickel-and-dime it
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