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Nickel-and-dime   Listen
verb
nickel-and-dime  v. t.  (past & past part. nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; pres. part. nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming)  
1.
To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, To insist on minor concessions in a negotiation.
2.
To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating overhead. (informal)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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Words linked to "Nickel-and-dime" :   expend, scratch, scrape up, unimportant, drop, cheap



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