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单词 chump change
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chump change

noun

: a relatively small or insignificant amount of money

Synonyms

  • chicken feed [slang]
  • dime
  • hay
  • mite
  • peanuts
  • pin money
  • pittance
  • shoestring
  • song
  • two cents
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Example Sentences

what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
Recent Examples on the Web Amazon will be absorbing the company for a chill $1.7 billion in cash, which seems like chump change against its $3.9 billion feast of OneMedical last month. Wired, 8 Aug. 2022 The logical conclusion is that giving chump change to people in dire straits won’t help them very much or for very long. WSJ, 27 July 2022 Half a million bucks is chump change, of course, for someone who is perhaps the richest person in the world. Gary Marcus, Fortune, 3 June 2022 That's chump change for Apple... and Amazon... and Google. Samuel Axon And Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022 That’s all chump change compared with LIV Golf, the pro golf tour making its debut Thursday in London with a field featuring Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Brett Knight, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Employers are in a panic because average hourly wages rose 4.7 percent in 2021, but that’s chump change compared to the 19.6 percent rise in the value of a typical house. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 The team’s owners, Terry and Kim Pegula, will put in only $335 million, chump change for a couple with a net worth north of $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. The Editors, National Review, 23 Apr. 2022 That's chump change for a company with over $200 billion of cash and securities on hand. Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

chump change

noun

as in dime
a very small sum of money what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dime
  • two cents
  • peanuts
  • pin money
  • chicken feed
  • spending money
  • hay
  • pittance
  • petty cash
  • pocket money
  • shoestring
  • mite
  • song

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • funds
  • capital
  • means
  • bundle
  • mint
  • king's ransom
  • big buck(s)
  • fortune
  • wad
  • boodle
  • megabuck(s)
  • treasure
  • wealth
  • riches
  • bankroll
  • treasure trove
  • wherewithal
  • opulence
  • pile
  • mine
  • heap
  • pot
  • pelf
  • treasury
  • bonanza
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