chump change

A tiny, trifling, and/or inconsequential amount of money. To most people, $2,000 is a lot to spend on anything, but to the country's mega rich, it is merely chump change. I'm only getting paid chump change for all this hard work I'm doing.

chump change

A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example, Dave was sick of working for chump change; he wanted a decent salary, or Don't put that on the agenda; it's chump change. This expression uses chump in the sense of "a fool or sucker who should be ignored." [Slang; 1960s] Also see chicken feed.

chump change

n. a small amount of money; the kind of salary or amount of money a chump would work for. I refuse to work for chump change! I want a real job.

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释义	chump change chump change A tiny, trifling, and/or inconsequential amount of money. To most people, $2,000 is a lot to spend on anything, but to the country's mega rich, it is merely chump change. I'm only getting paid chump change for all this hard work I'm doing. See also: change, chump Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. chump change A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example, Dave was sick of working for chump change; he wanted a decent salary, or Don't put that on the agenda; it's chump change. This expression uses chump in the sense of "a fool or sucker who should be ignored." [Slang; 1960s] Also see chicken feed. See also: change, chump The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. chump change n. a small amount of money; the kind of salary or amount of money a chump would work for. I refuse to work for chump change! I want a real job. See also: change, chump McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: small beer small potatoes budget dust spit in the ocean mega jack jacked jacking meat puppet little old References in periodicals archive Dan Fante is the author of the memoir Fante, the novels 86'd, Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting Off Tall Buildings, and several books of poetry, short stories, and plays. Skylight Books Celebrates Charles Bukowski's Birthday on August 16 But for a man whose net worth is estimated at $180 million , all these costs that seem extravagant to us are just chump change, we suppose. George Clooney loves Amal Alamuddin more than $2 million $119.6m won't deter anyone from copying Apple's work - if $2bn is chump change to Apple-Samsung ruling: A serious blow to Apple According to Tech Crunch, Blackberry saw revenue drop from 64 percent from 2013 levels to 976 million dollars and this 423 million dollars loss is chump change compared to the 4.4-billion dollars loss reported during the previous quarter. Blackberry's Q4 losses lower than market expectations When compared to a $13 billion Department of Justice (DOJ) bill or a $2.6 billion settlement for dealings with Bernie Madoff, JPMorgan Chase & Co's latest settlement may seem like chump change. However, the company's deal with bond insurer Syncora Guarantee Inc. JPMorgan settles for $400 million with Syncora over mortgage-backed securities These allocations aren't chump change; the annual maintenance outlay for these flats in 2011- 12 was all of ` 384 crore. A. I BRASS SKIMS FLAT OF THE LAND Chump change. The decision to hold stocks removes much of the downward pressure on oil prices. Oil prices and the end of QE The fine amount is "chump change" for Google, and the FTC shouldn't have agreed to a settlement unless Google was willing to make an admission of guilt, said John Simpson, director of the privacy project at ConsumerWatchdog.org. Google to pay $22.5 million fine over privacy violation While a $10 million check to sell a slight variation on a product you were developing anyway seems like a pretty sweet deal, it's actually chump change compared to the real prize: preferential treatment by federal buyers and other major players who are beholden to the reds, including the many utility companies offering subsidies to customers who purchase the bulbs. $50 Light bulb: DoE prize fail That's chump change when he expects his shares in Facebook to be worth some $50 million. Facebook blockbuster IPO sparks dreams of riches and adventure It's not chump change. The 2011 players' pool was $57,299,244.23. How the Addition of Playoff Teams in MLB Will Change Postseason Shares If Greece defaults it will make the Lehman Brothers fiasco seem like chump change, but then it was the greedy bankers who lent the Greeks money blindly and without collateral. Fall of Greece aid "chump change." Sixteen Israelis have made the Forbes billionaires list. Letty, Gershom & Marshall Did someone say heavy chump change and unnecessary downtime? Prime the turbo In the $300,000 example above, that's a standard admission ticket of $750 -- not what you'd consider chump change. All the fees can either be paid by you upfront as part of the transaction costs or financed with a higher interest rate on the mortgage itself. Fannie's resolution: pay up
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