释义 |
nickel-and-dime1 verbnickel-and-dime2 adjective nickel-and-dimeˌnickel-and-ˈdime1 verb [transitive] American English informal VERB TABLEnickel-and-dime |
Present | I, you, we, they | nickel-and-dime | | he, she, it | nickel-and-dimes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nickel-and-dimed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nickel-and-dimed | | he, she, it | has nickel-and-dimed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nickel-and-dimed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nickel-and-dime | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nickel-and-dimed |
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Present | I | am nickel-and-diming | | he, she, it | is nickel-and-diming | | you, we, they | are nickel-and-diming | Past | I, he, she, it | was nickel-and-diming | | you, we, they | were nickel-and-diming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nickel-and-diming | | he, she, it | has been nickel-and-diming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nickel-and-diming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nickel-and-diming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nickel-and-diming |
- "Banks are trying to nickel-and-dime their customers with fees," said Cohn, an analyst.
- If we nickel-and-dime the problem now, we'll regret it later.
to not give enough attention or money to something, with the result that it is not dealt with effectivelynickel-and-dime1 verbnickel-and-dime2 adjective nickel-and-dimenickel-and-dime2 adjective [only before noun] American English - We face big problems that can't be solved with nickel-and-dime solutions.
unimportant or involving little money |