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Nickel and dime

Adjective

Définitions

1.AdjectiveSmall time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
"I bought my new ride from some nickel and dime used-car salesman.; Don't waste your time with that; their operations are nickel and dime."
2.VerbTo charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
"I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.; It seems like a great offer, but they will just nickel and dime you until you've spent more than retail anyway."
3.VerbTo wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
4.NounFifteen years.
5.NounA retail store selling inexpensive items, especially (originally, formerly) one in which all items had a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents).
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