“Nickled and dimed” means paid low wages and generally treated in a mean-spirited way by employer—having pay docked for accidental breakage, for example. A nickle is five cents and a dime is ten cents, so the expression refers to small amounts of money.
AMERICAN 1. If you describe something as nickel and dime, you mean that it is not important or serious, or involves only small amounts of money. 2. If someone nickels and dimes someone or something, they harm them by continually taking small amounts of money away from them, or by continually making small changes or requests.
nickel and dime (Verb) To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles. Etymology: From the names of two US coins of small value. nickel and dime (Adjective) Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
Webtransitive verb. 1. : to impair, weaken, or defeat piecemeal (as through a series of small incursions or excessive attention to minor details) 2. : to treat (a person or situation) by paying excessive attention to small amounts of money often with a detrimental effect.
Web1. If you describe something as nickel and dime, you mean that it is not important or serious, or involves only small amounts of money. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin …
Web1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job. 2. Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York). …
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WebJun 24, 2004 · nickel and dime. When banks secretly charge and take money from you for stupid violations and penalties: ie ATM machines, limited checking, under the …
WebJan 03, 2015 · adjective. of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded. verb (used with object), nick·el-and-dimed or nick·eled-and …
Web0. (US, idiomatic, colloquial) To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when …
WebUS informal uk / ˌnɪk. ə l.ənˈdaɪm / us / ˌnɪk. ə l.ənˈdaɪm /. to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too …
Web1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job. 2. Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York). v. …
WebUS informal us / ˌnɪk. ə l.ənˈdaɪm / uk / ˌnɪk. ə l.ənˈdaɪm /. to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too …
Web(v) nickel-and-dime accumulate gradually "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family" (v) nickel-and-dime spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
