small change


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small change

n.
1. Coins of low denomination.
2. Something of little value or significance.
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small change

n
1. coins, esp those of low value
2. a person or thing that is not outstanding or important
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small′ change′


n.
1. coins of small denomination.
2. an insignificant person or thing.
[1810–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.small change - a trifling sum of money
chickenfeed, chump change
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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small change

noun
1. A small or trifling amount of money:
Informal: peanut (used in plural).
Slang: chicken feed, two bits.
2. Something or things that are unimportant:
fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small potatoes, trifle, trivia, triviality.
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Translations
قِطَع نُقود صَغيرَه
drobné
småpenge
smámynt

small change

n → spiccioli mpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

small

(smoːl) adjective
1. little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great. She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.
2. not doing something on a large scale. He's a small businessman.
3. little; not much. You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.
4. (of the letters of the alphabet) not capital. The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.
small ads
advertisements in the personal columns of a newspaper.
small arms
weapons small and light enough to be carried by a man. They found a hoard of rifles and other small arms belonging to the rebels.
small change
coins of small value. a pocketful of small change.
small hours
the hours immediately after midnight. He woke up in the small hours.
ˈsmallpox noun
a type of serious infectious disease in which there is a severe rash of large, pus-filled spots that usually leave scars.
small screen
television, not the cinema. This play is intended for the small screen.
ˈsmall-time adjective
(of a thief etc) not working on a large scale. a small-time crook/thief.
feel/look small
to feel or look foolish or insignificant. He criticized her in front of her colleagues and made her feel very small.
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It was almost like a lot of boys scramblin' on the sidewalk for a handful of small change. Not that some didn't have far-seein'.
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I thought of it all the more, too, when the bouman brought out a green purse with four guineas in gold, and the best part of another in small change. True, it was more than I had.
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The small change was made, we stepped on board, and the ropes were cast off.
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