chump change
chump change noun: an amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
Noun
chump change (uncountable)
- An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
- If you sell one of those cars, your commission will be chump change.
- I don't work for chump change. I quit!
- A sum of money considered to be insignificant.
- Near-synonyms: petty cash, pocket money, walk-around money, walking-around money; small change, pocket change, loose change, spare change; pittance
- He spent $300,000 for his new car, but that's chump change for a billionaire like him.
chump change meaning in Tamil
chump change in Tamil
- சொற்பத் தொகை, சில்லறைக் காசு
Examples of chump change in a sentence
- It was hard to get two dollars out of either of them, and whatever chump change they gave Mere'maw they expected her to squeeze it until it hollered.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 76:
- No, I'm not exposing myself to that level of risk for chump change.2009, Breaking Bad (season 2), 'Breakage' (Episode 5 of Season 2) at 22 minutes. Jesse Pinkman to Walter White in the RV, making drugs...
Synonyms of chump change
Origin of chump change
From the idea that only chumps would fall for it. The neutral sense is an extension from the sense concerning indignation.
Questions about chump change
- What does chump change mean?
- Chump change means an amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
- What is chump change in Tamil?
- Chump change in Tamil is சொற்பத் தொகை, சில்லறைக் காசு. See Chump change meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use chump change in a sentence?
- It was hard to get two dollars out of either of them, and whatever chump change they gave Mere'maw they expected her to squeeze it until it hollered.
- What part of speech is chump change?
- Chump change is a noun.
Words near chump change in the dictionary
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