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单词 pittance
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pit•tance /ˈpɪtəns/USA pronunciation   n. [countable* usually: a + ~]
  1. a small amount, esp. a very small amount of money:working for a pittance at that awful job.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pit•tance  (pit′ns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a small amount or share.
  2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
  3. a scanty income or remuneration.
  • Old French pitance, variant of pietance piety, pity, allowance of food (in a monastery). See pity, -ance
  • Middle English pitaunce 1175–1225

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pittance /ˈpɪtəns/ n
  1. a small amount or portion, esp a meagre allowance of money
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French pietance ration, ultimately from Latin pietās duty
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