nickel-and-dime Antonyms
Strongest:
- decisive
- decisive
- chief
- weighty
- consequential
- significant
- big
- fatal
- significant
- chief
- material
- important
- consequential
- principal
- weighty
- major
- principal
- meaningful
- momentous
- substantial
- important
- substantial
- material
- fatal
- meaningful
- major
- big
- momentous
Strong:
- fateful
- basic
- prominent
- worthy
- valuable
- dominant
- distinguished
- exceptional
- distinctive
- overbearing
- fundamental
- impressive
- worthy
- prominent
- unfrivolous
- impressive
- overriding
- distinguished
- outstanding
- essential
- remarkable
- eventful
- exceptional
- worthwhile
- essential
- fateful
- great
- unfrivolous
- great
- worthwhile
- outstanding
- valuable
- fundamental
- remarkable
- distinctive
- eminent
- eminent
- overbearing
- basic
- illustrious
- overriding
- eventful
- illustrious
- dominant
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Meaning of nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime (v)
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
accumulate gradually
nickel-and-dime (s)
of minor importance
low-paying
nickel-and-dime Sentence Examples
- The company's nickel-and-dime pricing strategy earned them the ire of customers.
- The landlord was accused of nickel-and-diming tenants with hidden fees.
- The restaurant's overly expensive extras were a classic example of nickel-and-diming.
- The government's proposed tax increase would nickel-and-dime citizens to death.
- The airline nickel-and-dimed passengers with charges for luggage, seat selection, and even boarding passes.
- The new accounting software was designed to prevent the nickel-and-diming of expenses.
- The university nickel-and-dimed students with mandatory fees for everything from health insurance to parking.
- The vendor's nickel-and-dime approach to customer service left a bitter aftertaste.
- The charity was criticized for nickel-and-diming donors with endless fundraising appeals.
- The budget-conscious shopper carefully avoided any stores that were known for nickel-and-diming customers.
FAQs About the word nickel-and-dime
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible, accumulate gradually, of minor importance, low-paying
petty, worthless,small-time, jerkwater, paltry, trivial,one-horse, fiddling, negligible, unimportant
decisive, decisive, chief, weighty, consequential, significant, big, fatal, significant, chief
The company's nickel-and-dime pricing strategy earned them the ire of customers.
The landlord was accused of nickel-and-diming tenants with hidden fees.
The restaurant's overly expensive extras were a classic example of nickel-and-diming.
The government's proposed tax increase would nickel-and-dime citizens to death.
