Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nickel-and-dime

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: nick-el-and-dime
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of nickel and dime.

verb

Alternative spelling of nickel and dime.

Example Sentences

"The business people began to nickel-and-dime him, no water cooler in the production office, that sort of thing."
"Advocates for the poor have long resisted various cities’ efforts to crack down on bags — whether by charging fees or banning them — as a regressive tax on shoppers who can’t afford to be nickel-and-dimed every time they get groceries."

Inflected Forms

nickel-and-dimes (present, singular) nickels-and-dimes (present, singular) nickel-and-diming (participle, present) nickeling-and-diming (US, participle) nickelling-and-diming (UK, participle) nickel-and-dimed (participle, past) nickel-and-dimed (past) nickeled-and-dimed (US, participle) nickeled-and-dimed (US, past) nickelled-and-dimed (UK, participle) nickelled-and-dimed (UK, past)

Synonyms

small-time penny-pinch

Questions

What does nickel-and-dime mean?: Alternative spelling of nickel and dime.

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