- nickel dime
- неважный, незначительный; обычный; быть прижимистым, экономить на всем; считать гроши; надоедать, беспокоить по мелочам; мелочиться
Subsidiary English-Russian dictionary . Natalya Belinsky. 2015.
nickel dime
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Dime (Canadian coin) — Dime Canada Value 0.10 CAD Mass 1.75 g Diameter 18.03 mm Thickness 1.22 mm … Wikipedia
Dime (United States coin) — Dime United States Value 0.10 U.S. dollar Mass 2.268 g (0.0729 troy oz) Diameter 17.91 mm (0.705 in) Thickness … Wikipedia
Dime (slang) — Dime is a term with multiple slang meanings. Its formal etymology is Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo French disme, dime , from Latin decima , from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten. Its slang uses have been related to the… … Wikipedia
nickel-and-dime — ☆ nickel and dime [nik′əl ən dīm′ ] Informal adj. 1. costing or spending little; cheap 2. of little value or importance; minor; petty vt. nickel (or nickeled )and dimed or nickel and dimed or nickeled and dimed, nickel (or nickeling )and diming… … English World dictionary
nickel-and-dime — ick el and dime , a. 1. Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel and dime criticisms. [informal] [PJC] 2. Involving only small amounts of money; small time; as, a nickel and dime business operation. [informal] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nickel (Canadian coin) — Nickel Canada Value 0.05 CAD Mass 3.95 g Diameter 21.2 mm Thickness 1.76 mm … Wikipedia
nickel-and-dime — nickel and dime1 adjective AMERICAN INFORMAL inexpensive and unimportant: Don t worry too much about the little nickel and dime expenses. nickel and dime ,nickel and dime 2 verb transitive AMERICAN to ask someone to pay small but regular amounts… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nickel-and-dime — ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to insist on minor… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickel-and-dimed — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickel-and-diming — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nickel-and-dime — nickel and dime1 v [T] AmE informal to not give enough attention or money to something, with the result that it is not dealt with effectively nickel and dime 2 nickel and dime2 adj [only before noun] AmE unimportant or involving little money … Dictionary of contemporary English
