pittance
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pittance
- /ˈpɪtəns/
- [ˈpʰɪʔn̩s]
Where it comes from
From Middle English pitaunce, from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
noun pittances
- A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
- A meagre allowance of money or wages. In the very prime of life, Mr. Glentworth found every prospect gone; he had only a meagre pittance, compared to his former expenditure; but he had neither the habits nor the opportunity of increasing it.
- A small amount. The former residents of Fraguas, who sold up for a pittance, have swung behind the resettlement, happy to see life return to the narrow lanes where they grew up.
Translations
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noun small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal
| Français | pitance |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Hungermahlzeit |
| Italiano | pietanza |
noun meagre allowance of money or wages
| Português | mixaria |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Hungerlohn |
| Русский | скудное жалование skudnoje |
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