nickel-and-dime

  • (s) of minor importance
    • a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room
    • a small-time actor
    small-time,
  • (s) low-paying
    • a nickel-and-dime job

Verbs

  • (v) spend money frugally; spend as little as possible penny-pinch,
  • (v) accumulate gradually
    • she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family

Synonyms

penny-pinch small-time

Words of close approximity