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.
Noun
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a trifling sum of money
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