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Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag, ready for small purchases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Holonyms: pocket money, spending money, walk-around money, walking-around money; pin money
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket change, loose change, spare change, pocket shrapnel, shrapnel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, coin
A minor or insignificant amount of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket change, loose change, spare change, chump change, pittance, coffee money
Antonyms: none provided
A person or thing of little importance or value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: small-timer, small fry, small potatoes, nobody
Antonyms: none provided
a trifling sum of money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chickenfeed, chump change
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cash, hard cash, hard currency
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فُرَاطَة
(furāṭa)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Belarusian:
дро́бныя гро́шы
(dróbnyja hróšy)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Belarusian:
дро́бныя
(dróbnyja)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Bulgarian:
дре́бни
(drébni)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Bulgarian:
стоти́нки
(stotínki)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Bulgarian:
ма́лко пари́
(málko parí)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Cebuano:
sensilyo
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Chinese Mandarin:
零錢 /零钱
(língqián)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Chinese Mandarin:
輔幣 /辅币
(fǔbì)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Esperanto:
moneroj
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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French:
petite monnaie
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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German:
Kleingeld
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Greek:
ψιλά
(psilá)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Hindi:
छुट्टा
(chuṭṭā)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Hungarian:
aprópénz
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Indonesian:
uang receh
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Irish:
mionairgead
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Irish:
briseadh airgid
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Italian:
spiccioli
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Japanese:
お釣り
(o-tsuri)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Japanese:
釣り銭
(tsurisen)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Japanese:
小銭
(kozeni)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Korean:
잔돈
(jandon)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Korean:
거스름돈
(geoseureumdon)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Latin:
nummulī
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Latvian:
sīknauda
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Manx:
argid laue
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Manx:
argid ullee
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Norwegian Bokmål:
småpenger
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
småpengar
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Polish:
bilon
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Polish:
drobne
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Portuguese:
trocado
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Romanian:
mărunțiș
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Romansh:
munaida
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Romansh:
muneida
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Romansh:
muneda
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Russian:
ме́лкие де́ньги
(mélkije dénʹgi)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Russian:
ме́лочь
(méločʹ)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Scottish Gaelic:
airgead pronn
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
cambio
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
feria
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
menudo
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
sencillo
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
vuelto
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
sencillito
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
(dinero) suelto
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
calderilla
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
chatarra
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Spanish:
morralla
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Tagalog:
sukli
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Tamil:
சில்லறை
(cillaṟai)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Ukrainian:
дрібні́ гро́ші
(dribní hróši)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Ukrainian:
дрібняки́
(dribnjaký)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
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Ukrainian:
дрібні́
(dribní)
— a minor or insignificant amount of money
