Usage of "nickel-and-dime"

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Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible.

Of minor importance.

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Examples for "penny-pinch"

Yes, that's way too close to one trillion dollars for a company to be penny-pinching. 
 Wired 

Such growth bucks the stereotype of penny-pinching local consumers. 
 Reuters 

It's a 2D platform game in which you play the penny-pinching Scrooge McDuck on a treasure hunt. 
 The Irish Times 

His remaining print newspaper needs a boost, especially after the penny-pinched decision to cut sub-editorial shifts in two. 
 The Guardian 

The ARU is penny-pinching but it can't skimp on investigating and then remedying the long-standing blight of poor scrummaging. 
 The Guardian 

Nickel-and-dime.

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Uso de nickel-and-dime em inglês

Penny Auctions are in the nickel-and-dime section of the internet-commerce department store. 
 Wired 

By this time Ainesley could see that the store was a nickel-and-dime operation. 
 Anthill: a novel 

It's like having a car that's starting to nickel-and-dime you. 
 The Girl I Used to Be 

Law enforcement isn't interested in the nickel-and-dime stuff anymore. 
 A killing night 

Every Thursday afternoon there is a nickel-and-dime poker game. 
 The Guardian 

But there just wasn't any girl in this nickel-and-dime town that even stirred his fancy. 
 Hearts of grey 

I don't want to nickel-and-dime. 
 A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll... 

It's like a nickel-and-dime business. 
 Getting old is tres dangereux 

Nickel-and-diming these Good Samaritans is just my own personal social safety net. 
 Choke 

The man doesn't know when he's being nickel-and-dimed. 
 Up in the air 

And don't worry about getting nickel-and-dimed here. 
 Ebony 

Political rights notwithstanding, "freedom" rings awfully hollow when you're getting nickel-and-dimed to death in your everyday life. 
 The Guardian 

"A too expensive lawyer at a nickel-and-dime arraignment?" 
 Blind Man's Alley 

"Nickel-and-dime stuff, nothing huge or- 
 Summer knight 

Translations for nickel-and-dime

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Significados de nickel-and-dime em inglês