What does Pittance mean?
Definitions for Pittance
ˈpɪt nspit·tance
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Princeton's WordNet
pittancenoun
an inadequate payment
"they work all day for a mere pittance"
Wiktionary
pittancenoun
A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
pittancenoun
A meagre allowance of money or wages.
pittancenoun
A small amount.
Etymology: From Latin pietantia
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pittancenoun
Etymology: pitance, Fr. pietantia, Italian.
Then at my lodging,
The worst is this, that at so slender warning
You’re like to have a thin and slender pittance. William Shakespeare.The ass saved a miserable pittance for himself. Roger L'Estrange.
I have a small pittance left, with which I might retire. Arb.
Many of them lose the greatest part of the small pittance of learning they received at the university. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.
Wikipedia
Pittance
Pittance (through Old French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving-kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death festivals and other similar occasions. The word was early transferred to a charitable donation and to any small gift of food or money.
Webster Dictionary
Pittancenoun
an allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole
Pittancenoun
a meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation
Etymology: [OE. pitance, pitaunce, F. pitance; cf. It. pietanza, LL. pitancia, pittantia, pictantia; perh. fr. L. pietas pity, piety, or perhaps akin to E. petty. Cf. Petty, and Pity.]
Wikidata
Pittance
Pittance is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death festivals and other similar occasions. The word was early transferred to a charitable donation and to any small gift of food or money.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pittance
pit′ans, n. an allowance of food or drink: a dole: a very small portion or quantity. [Fr. pitance, an allowance of food in a monastery—Low L. pietantea—L. pietas, pity.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pittance in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pittance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Pittance in a Sentence
It is not even a job, it's slavery, the women do not have a choice, they are paid a pittance, and are threatened with violence if they quit. There's a lot of pressure from the village, the community, and their own families.
Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel:
We would get in touch with the plaintiffs who otherwise would have accepted a pittance for a settlement, and they were obviously quite happy to have this sort of support, in a way very similar how a plaintiff’s lawyer on contingency would do it.
I have no idea. But if he did, I am going to assume it was a pittance -- they don't pay that much, it really was so the world could see him doing the healthy things.
Cheerleaders are being exploited and mistreated solely because they are women, these cheerleaders deserve to be paid more than a mere pittance.
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