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pittance

[ pit-ns ]

noun

  1. a small amount or share.
  2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
  3. a scanty income or remuneration.


pittance

/ ˈɪəԲ /

noun

  1. a small amount or portion, esp a meagre allowance of money
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pittance1

1175–1225; Middle English pitaunce < Old French pitance, variant of pietance piety, pity, allowance of food (in a monastery). See pity, -ance
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pittance1

C16: from Old French pietance ration, ultimately from Latin duty
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On Friday, all 80,000 HHS employees were sent an email asking them to resign for a pittance of $25,000, giving them only a week to decide.

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Marisela Granados, a server who started working as a cashier at the Pantry 26 years ago, said she was offered $20,000, which she said was a pittance for all her years of service.

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If those benefits were based on the balances in a worker’s individual account, then the families of those who have suffered untimely deaths could amount to a pittance, running out while still needing help.

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The campaign supporting Proposition 6 has raised roughly $2 million, a pittance in a huge state with multiple expensive advertising markets.

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This is sure to bring in a haul of money that would make his mugshot donations look like a pittance.

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