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chump change

n. Slang
A small amount of money.
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chump′ change`


n.
Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
[1965–70]
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Noun1.chump change - a trifling sum of money
cash, hard cash, hard currency - money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"
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