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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pittance (0.01046 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pittance
pittance
n : an inadequate payment;
“they work all day for a mere
pittance”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pittance
Pittance
\Pit"tance\ (p[i^]t"tans), n. [OE. pitance, pitaunce,
F. pitance; cf. It. pietanza, LL. pitancia, pittantia,
pictantia; perh. fr. L. pietas pity, piety, or perhaps akin
to E. petty. Cf.
Petty, and
Pity.]
1. An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of
victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
“A good
pitaunce.” --Chaucer.
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One half only of this pittance was ever given him in
money. --Macaulay.
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2. A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an
inconsiderable salary or compensation.
“The small
pittance of learning they received.” --Swift.
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The inconsiderable pittance of faithful professors.
--Fuller.
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