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Definition of "pittance" [pit•tance]

  • A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration. (noun)
  • A very small amount: not a pittance of remorse. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pittance" in a sentence
  • "As he's presently unemployed, my pittance is helping keep food on the table."
  • "The Overland, having in fact infinitely more prestige than cash, promised the 23-year-old author $5 for his story but delayed payment so insistently that London had to storm the office and almost literally shake the pittance from the trousers of the magazine's editor."
  • "Or should be grateful for whatever pittance is tossed their general direction despite the fact no other industry "expects" this."