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nickel-and-dime

nick·el-and-dime


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. low-paid: paying or involving only a small amount of money ( slang )
a nickel-and-dime job

2. minor: small-scale, or of little importance ( informal )



transitive verb  (past and past participle nick·el-and-dimed, present participle nick·el-and-dim·ing, 3rd person present singular nick·el-and-dimes)
Definition:
 
1. impoverish somebody through small expenses: to get somebody or something into financial trouble by accumulating many small costs and expenses ( slang )

2. bother somebody in many small ways: to hinder or harass somebody with trivialities and insignificant matters

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