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SMALL CHANGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trifling sum of money

Synonyms:

chickenfeed; chump change; small change

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("small change" is a kind of...):

cash; hard cash; hard currency (money in the form of bills or coins)

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 Context examples: 

"That drug store business was just small change," continued Tom slowly, "but you've got something on now that Walter's afraid to tell me about."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)