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nickel and dime

a verb; the process of trying to extract small amounts of money (i.e. from someone, from people)
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The gas company ties to nickel and dime people by rounding up whenever there is a discrepancy from the 9/10ths of a cent they charge.

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Submitted by TriplePurple on December 03, 2023

Additional definitions for 'nickel and dime':

nickel and dimeSmall time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
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نيكل وديم

nikelo kaj dekcento

"cinco y diez centavos"

ニッケルとダイム

küçük paralar

نکل اور ڈائم

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