'Pittance' definitions:
Definition of 'pittance'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
Definition of 'Pittance'
From: GCIDE
- Pittance \Pit"tance\ (p[i^]t"tans), n. [OE. pitance, pitaunce, F. pitance; cf. It. pietanza, LL. pitancia, pittantia, pictantia; perh. fr. L. pietas pity, piety, or perhaps akin to E. petty. Cf. Petty, and Pity.]
- 1. An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole. "A good pitaunce." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- One half only of this pittance was ever given him in money. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation. "The small pittance of learning they received." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- The inconsiderable pittance of faithful professors. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pittance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- alms,
- alms fee,
- atom,
- bit,
- charity,
- collection,
- contribution,
- dab,
- dole,
- donation,
- donative,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- dwarf,
- farthing,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- groat,
- hair,
- half rations,
- handful,
- handout,
- inadequacy,
- insufficiency,
- iota,
- jot,
- little,
- little bit,
- mere subsistence,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- molecule,
- mote,
- nutshell,
- offering,
- offertory,
- ounce,
- particle,
- peanuts,
- pebble,
- pinch,
- point,
- scrap,
- scrimption,
- scruple,
- shoestring,
- short allowance,
- short commons,
- small potatoes,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- speck,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- starvation wages,
- subscription,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tithe,
- tittle,
- trace,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- votive offering,
- whit