pittance
21pittance — /pit ns/, n. 1. a small amount or share. 2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses. 3. a scanty income or remuneration. [1175 1225; ME pitaunce < OF pitance, var. of pietance piety, pity, allowance of food (in a monastery). See …
22Pittance — A gift to a religious house for the provision of food and wine on special occasions, e.g. on the donor s anniversary, when prayers were said for his or her soul or on other specific festivals. Such gifts were most commonly for the provision of… …
23pittance — Synonyms and related words: ace, alms, alms fee, atom, bit, charity, collection, contribution, dab, dole, donation, donative, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, half… …
24pittance — see PITY * * * The word was originally used for a donation made out of pity, as form of piety (the two words are related). Hence its ultimate origin in Latin pietas, dutifulness, pity …
25pittance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) , n. bit, mite, driblet; dole; pension, alms, allowance. See insufficiency. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wage, pension, pay; see allowance 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *chicken feed, *drop in the… …
26pittance — pit·tance || pɪtÉ™ns n. small allowance, small financial stipend …
27pittance — noun 1》 a very small or inadequate amount of money. 2》 historical a pious bequest to a religious house to provide extra food and wine at particular festivals or other occasions. Origin ME: from OFr. pitance, from med. L. pitantia, from L. pietas… …
28pittance — n. 1. Allowance (out of pity or charity), dole, allotment, charity, gift. 2. Modicum, trifle, small portion, small allowance …
29pittance — n 1. allowance, subsistence allowance, subsidy, maintenance, living expenses; pin or pocket money, expenses, expense account, per diem, viaticum; allotment, ration, quota, stint; stipend, grant, fellowship, scholarship, subvention; annuity,… …
30pittance — pit·tance …
