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Definition of Pittance
1. Noun. An inadequate payment. "They work all day for a mere pittance"
Definition of Pittance
1. n. An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
Definition of Pittance
1. Noun. A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal. ¹
2. Noun. A meagre allowance of money or wages. ¹
3. Noun. A small amount. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pittance
1. a small allowance of money [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pittance
Literary usage of Pittance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"And then I say to any persons, Help me to enlarge my pittance ; because every 100/.
will, on the iirst plan, be equal to 200/., and on the second plan to ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"32 : " They have been shut up in prisons and dungeons, allowed only a poore
pittance of Adam's ale, and scarce a penny bread a day to support their lives. ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"pocket-books; and some even sold the shoes from off their feet, for a small
pittance to keep soul aml body together. Starvation caused us to resort to a ..."
4. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... and whom they regard only as the daily dispenser of the scanty pittance salary
besides that which the general court should grant them; and if they did ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"By the side of the door to the court is a little hatch through T.hich the daily
pittance of food was supplied, so contrived by turning at an angle in the ..."
6. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... of human comforts and luxuries, toiling unremittingly and often under hard
conditions for a mere pittance as compared with the value of their products. ..."
7. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1900)
"obloquy from you on account of the pittance I receive from the foreigner ? "
asked he indignantly. " The foreigner has brought me THAT," holding up a Bible. ..."
8. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"And then I say to any persons, Help me to enlarge my pittance ; because every 100/.
will, on the iirst plan, be equal to 200/., and on the second plan to ..."
9. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"32 : " They have been shut up in prisons and dungeons, allowed only a poore
pittance of Adam's ale, and scarce a penny bread a day to support their lives. ..."
10. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"pocket-books; and some even sold the shoes from off their feet, for a small
pittance to keep soul aml body together. Starvation caused us to resort to a ..."
11. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... and whom they regard only as the daily dispenser of the scanty pittance salary
besides that which the general court should grant them; and if they did ..."
12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"By the side of the door to the court is a little hatch through T.hich the daily
pittance of food was supplied, so contrived by turning at an angle in the ..."
13. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... of human comforts and luxuries, toiling unremittingly and often under hard
conditions for a mere pittance as compared with the value of their products. ..."
14. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1900)
"obloquy from you on account of the pittance I receive from the foreigner ? "
asked he indignantly. " The foreigner has brought me THAT," holding up a Bible. ..."
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