ALL meanings of nickel-and-dime
nick·el-and-dime
N n - adjective nickel-and-dime of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded. 1
- verb with object nickel-and-dime to expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.: We're being nickel-and-dimed to death by these small weekly expenses. 1
- verb with object nickel-and-dime to hinder, annoy, or harass with trivialities or nonessentials: to be nickeled-and-dimed by petty criticisms. 1
- transitive verb nickel-and-dime If you accuse a person of nickel-and-diming someone or something, you are criticizing that person for weakening or exhausting them, for example, by continually taking small amounts of money away from them, or by continually making small changes or requests. 0
- adjective nickel-and-dime If you describe someone or something as nickel-and-dime, you mean that they are not very important or they only function on a small scale. 0
- adjective nickel-and-dime small; insignificant; involving small amounts of money 0
- verb nickel-and-dime to wear or bring someone down by small-scale incursions, penalties etc 0
- adjective nickel-and-dime costing or spending little; cheap 0
- adjective nickel-and-dime of little value or importance; minor; petty 0
- verb transitive nickel-and-dime to spend very little on 0
- verb transitive nickel-and-dime to weaken, erode, destroy, etc. as by the repeated expenditure of small sums or repeated niggling actions 0
- intransitive verb nickel-and-dime to spend very little 0