nickel-and-dime

Definition of nickel-and-dime

nick´el-and-dime´

v. t.	1.	To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; [imp. & p. p. nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed ; p. pr. & vb. n. nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
	2.	To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating overhead.
a.	1.	Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel-and-dime criticisms.
	2.	Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; as, a nickel-and-dime business operation.

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