Definitions for pittances

pittances pit·tance

Spelling: [pit-ns]
IPA: /ˈpɪt ns/

Pittances is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 602 anagrams from letters in pittances (aceinpstt).

Definitions for pittances

noun

  1. a small amount or share.
  2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
  3. a scanty income or remuneration.

Origin of pittances

1175-1225; Middle English pitaunce Old French pitance, variant of pietance piety, pity, allowance of food (in a monastery). See pity, -ance

Examples for pittances

In other words, overtime amounts to only pittance of the overall pay — about $6.50 a week on top of wages of $1,000 a week.

Fire officers appreciate that the amount of burning witnessed in recent years is a pittance compared to what is required.

"You'll go on here to the end of your days, working for a pittance," he objected.

One as rich as he is known to be will not object to a pittance like that.

What with Paliser Place, its upkeep and the rest of it, it must be a pittance.

Despite powering the country's economic growth, they receive a pittance of the proceeds.

The thought of going back to a pittance a year sickened him.

These immigrants are often employed illegally (but also legally) for a pittance, working in factories or as fruit pickers.

In budgetary terms, it was a pittance: 0.1 percent of the CDC's $2.2 billion allocation.

A pittance of money is obtained, and then they search for a man.

Word Value for pittances
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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