chickenfeed

Thân thiện

It's not worth arguing over such chickenfeed.

Definition

Noun: 1. A trifling sum of money; an amount considered small or insignificant. - This term is used to describe a very small amount of money, often in a dismissive or contemptuous way to indicate it is not worth much.

Usage

• The word is used as a singular noun, typically in informal contexts, to refer to an insignificant amount of money.
• It often implies that the sum is too small to be taken seriously or to be of any consequence.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically beyond literal money to describe anything considered paltry or insignificant.
  • The information they provided was chickenfeed; we already knew all of it.

Variants and Related Words

• Chicken feed (noun phrase): The more common two-word spelling with the same meaning.
  • They're paying us in chicken feed for such hard work.

Synonyms

• Peanuts: (informal) A very small sum of money.
• Pittance: A very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone.
• Trifle: Something of little value or importance.

Idioms and Phrases

• For chickenfeed: Doing something for a very small amount of money.
  • He's a skilled carpenter; he won't build a cabinet for chickenfeed.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a trifling sum of money

Từ đồng nghĩa

• small change
• chump change