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small change en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag, ready for small purchases.
    • Holonyms: pocket money, spending money, walk-around money, walking-around money; pin money
  2. (idiomatic, uncountable) A minor or insignificant amount of money.
    • 'Cousin Tom,' said mother, and trying to get so that Annie and I could not hear her; 'it would be a sad and unkinlike thing for you to despise our dwelling-house. We cannot entertain you, as the lordly inns on the road do; and we have small change of victuals. 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:
    • The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work.
  3. (broadly, idiomatic, uncountable) A person or thing of little importance or value.
    • He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy is small change. 1988 December 14, Vincent Canby, “Movie Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2016:

Antonyms

megabucks · big bucks

Hypernyms

trifle · coin · money · change

Meronyms

rap · coin

Relateds

and change · two-bit

Synonyms

small fry · small potatoes · coffee money · chump change · small change · shrapnel · spare change · small-timer · pocket change · spare change · loose change · shrapnel · red cents · pittance · spare change · loose change · loose change · pocket shrapnel · spill · pennies · nobody · pocket change

Translations (54)

ko 거스름돈 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · cmn 輔幣 /辅币 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · gv argid ullee (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es sencillo (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es feria (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es chatarra (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ja 小銭 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ja 釣り銭 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · it spiccioli (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · uk дрібні́ гро́ші (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ga briseadh airgid (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es (dinero) suelto (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · pl bilon (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · nb småpenger (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ar فُرَاطَة (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · id uang receh (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ceb sensilyo (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es calderilla (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · pt trocado (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · el ψιλά (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ro mărunțiș (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · bg дре́бни (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · uk дрібняки́ (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ru ме́лочь (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · bg ма́лко пари́ (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · be дро́бныя гро́шы (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · de Kleingeld (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · be дро́бныя (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ko 잔돈 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · tl sukli (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · nv béeso biyázhí (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · rm muneida (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ja お釣り (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · pl drobne (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · fr petite monnaie (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ga mionairgead (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · cmn 零錢 /零钱 (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · gv argid laue (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · rm muneda (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es morralla (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · hu aprópénz (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · nn småpengar (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · gd airgead pronn (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es menudo (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · rm munaida (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · lv sīknauda (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · bg стоти́нки (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · eo moneroj (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ru ме́лкие де́ньги (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · la nummulī (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · ta சில்லறை (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · uk дрібні́ (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · hi छुट्टा (a minor or insignificant amount of money) · es sencillito (a minor or insignificant amount of money)