nickel-and-dime

Adjective
  1. Of minor importance (synset 301284805)
    "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"
    similar to: unimportant - not important
    same as: small-time
  2. Low-paying (synset 300938528)
    "a nickel-and-dime job"
    similar to: cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices
Verb
  1. Spend money frugally;
    Spend as little as possible (synset 202271629)
    is a type of: drop, expend, spend - pay out
    same as: penny-pinch
  2. Accumulate gradually (synset 201387667)
    "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
    is a type of: come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch - gather (money or other resources) together over time

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