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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: nickeled-and-dimed (0.00987 detik)
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English → English (gcide)
Definition: nickeled-and-dimed
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.
[PJC]
2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be
nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating
overhead. [informal]
[PJC]
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