Definition of "nickels" []

• Plural form of nickel. (noun)

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• "Well, I think that the - again, as I think we've mentioned in the past, this is about finding what I call nickels and dimes of improvement and optimization, relating principally to the variable cost component of the cellulosic ethanol, and that means findings ways to make enzymes more - less expensively finding ways to be the cause of nourishing our fermentation organisms using less electric power, recycling water as much as possible and that therefore, reduces the amount of treatment in treatment chemicals, and it's really a whole series of these things that lead up to or that constitute our efforts to improve the product performance and performance cell unit."
• "In my experience, the wage for an emerging artist can be calculated in nickels and dimes."
• "During World War II the status of nickel metal as a strategic war material resulted in nickels being minted with a copper, manganese, and silver composition, the first time silver had been used in a five-cent piece since the last half dime was minted in 1873."