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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
nickel-and-dime
1. spend money frugally; spend as little as possible • Syn: penny-pinch • Hypernyms: spend, expend, drop • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 2. accumulate gradually - she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family • Hypernyms: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
1. of minor importance - a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room - a small-time actor • Syn: small-time • Similar to: unimportant 2. low-paying - a nickel-and-dime job • Similar to: cheap, inexpensive
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