pittance

İngilizce - Türkçe

pittance teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: {i} çok düşük ücret
Çok düşük ücretle çalışır. - He works for a mere pittance.; {i} çok az ücret; çok düşük vergin; acınacak miktarda az vergin; {i} az sayı; {i} bağış (dini); bağış; {i} çok az miktar; dini bağış

İngilizce - İngilizce

pittance teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: A meagre allowance of money or wages
So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it.; A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal; A small amount; any small portion or meager allowance; {n} a small allowance, a little portion; An allowance of victuals over and above bread and wine Anthony du Pinet, in his translation of Pliny, applies the term over and over again to figs and beans The word originally comes from the people's piety in giving to poor mendicants food for their subsistence (Probably connected with pietas Monkish Latin, pietancia; Spanish, pitar, to distribute a dole of food; pitancero, one who distributes the dole, or a begging friar who subsists by charity ); an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance; {i} small allowance, small financial stipend; extra serving of food,money, or wine, received by each monastic to celebrate a festive occasion; An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole; an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"; A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation; emphasis If you say that you receive a pittance, you are emphasizing that you get only a very small amount of money, probably not as much as you think you deserve. Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance. a very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves earn/be paid a pittance (pitance , from pietas; PITY)
pittance payment: A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration. A very small amount
pittances: plural of pittance