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pittance
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pittance
noun
pit·tance ˈpi-tᵊn(t)s 
: a small portion, amount, or allowance
also : a meager wage or remuneration
Did you know?
It's a pity when you haven't anything but a pittance. And in fact, pity and pittance share etymological roots. The Middle English word pittance came from Anglo-French pitance, meaning "pity" or "piety." Originally, a pittance was a gift or bequest to a religious community, or a small charitable gift. Ultimately, the word comes from the Latin pietas, meaning "piety" or "compassion." Our words pity and piety come from pietas as well.
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience
Recent Examples on the Web In much of rural South Africa, the Black population remains trapped in a near-feudal system, relegated to shacks with limited access to electricity and running water, and working for a pittance on the estates of white commercial farmers. 
Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The gallerist, Daniel Elie Bouaziz, allegedly bought them for a pittance online, then omitted those essential details and dreamed up false provenances before selling them at a steep markup—one of them, to an undercover agent, for $12 million. Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 Just as Meta’s acquisition of Instagram for a relative pittance eventually created some monopolistic conditions in the social media space, so might its purchase of Within in the VR realm. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 28 July 2022 That’s a pittance for Watson, who signed a record-breaking contract with the Browns this spring for five years and $230 million, with every penny fully guaranteed. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 The best industrial enterprises were hurriedly auctioned off to the oligarchs for a pittance. WSJ, 15 June 2022 The connected fitness-device maker’s business was a pittance to the $155 billion in annual revenue Google parent Alphabet GOOG -0.55%▼ was generating at the time. Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Amazon can spend nearly 100 pages touting its South African solar farms and fleets of bike-riding cargo carriers, but those carbon savings are a pittance. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022 The size of the ad buy is a pittance for the governor, whose reelection campaign had more than $23 million as of May 21, according to the latest filings with the secretary of state’s office. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022 See More
Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The gallerist, Daniel Elie Bouaziz, allegedly bought them for a pittance online, then omitted those essential details and dreamed up false provenances before selling them at a steep markup—one of them, to an undercover agent, for $12 million. Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 Just as Meta’s acquisition of Instagram for a relative pittance eventually created some monopolistic conditions in the social media space, so might its purchase of Within in the VR realm. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 28 July 2022 That’s a pittance for Watson, who signed a record-breaking contract with the Browns this spring for five years and $230 million, with every penny fully guaranteed. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 The best industrial enterprises were hurriedly auctioned off to the oligarchs for a pittance. WSJ, 15 June 2022 The connected fitness-device maker’s business was a pittance to the $155 billion in annual revenue Google parent Alphabet GOOG -0.55%▼ was generating at the time. Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Amazon can spend nearly 100 pages touting its South African solar farms and fleets of bike-riding cargo carriers, but those carbon savings are a pittance. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022 The size of the ad buy is a pittance for the governor, whose reelection campaign had more than $23 million as of May 21, according to the latest filings with the secretary of state’s office. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English pitance, from Anglo-French, piety, pity, dole, portion, from Medieval Latin pietantia, from pietant-, pietans, present participle of pietari to be charitable, from Latin pietas piety — more at pity
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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