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nickel-and-dime
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nickel-and-dime
I.verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Banks are trying to nickel-and-dime their customers with fees," said Cohn, an analyst.
▪ If we nickel-and-dime the problem now, we'll regret it later.
II.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ We face big problems that can't be solved with nickel-and-dime solutions.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nickel-and-dime

nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; p. pr. & vb. n. nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]

  1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a negotiation.

  2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating overhead. [informal]

nickel-and-dime

nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, a.

  1. Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel-and-dime criticisms. [informal]

  2. Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; as, a nickel-and-dime business operation. [informal]

Wiktionary
nickel-and-dime

  1. (alternative spelling of nickel and dime English) v

  2. (alternative spelling of nickel and dime English)

WordNet
nickel-and-dime

  1. adj. of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor" [syn: small-time]

  2. low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job" [syn: nickel-and-dime(a)]

  3. v. spend money frugally; spend as little as possible [syn: penny-pinch]

  4. accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"

Usage examples of "nickel-and-dime".

Pretty soon all the shoes will be shined, the war will be over, they'll be nickel-and-dime bootblacks again, and we'll look back and laugh at the whole absurd interlude.

He'd had a hood's intellect and a hood's heart--a perfect combination and an ideal mentality for the nickel-and-dime business of payday-loan collection.

Said something like Bygones may be Bygones, but he wouldn’t be nickel-and-diming it any more.

I'd do this first thing in the morning, and if nothing developed, I'd go back to the stack of FTAs Connie had given me and try to make some rent money doing nickel-and-dime cases.