as in dime
a very small sum of money
what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
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Recent Examples of chump change
Compared with almost $4.7 trillion in gross taxes, that’s chump change.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
As for any cost associated with a council expansion, that’s chump change compared to the cost of inadequate representation.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
That might sound like chump change next to, say, the record $1.2 billion in ad sales NBC had already booked by April.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
As for any cost associated with a council expansion, that’s chump change compared to the cost of inadequate representation.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
That might sound like chump change next to, say, the record $1.2 billion in ad sales NBC had already booked by April.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chump%20change. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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