Synonyms for pittance
- allowance
- bit
- dribble
- drop
- inadequacy
- insufficiency
- mite
- modicum
- peanuts
- pension
- portion
- ration
- scrap
- smidgen
- trace
- trifle
- chicken feed
- drop in the bucket
- slave wages
Antonyms for pittance
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PITTANCE
"You'll go on here to the end of your days, working for a pittance," he objected.
The thought of going back to a pittance a year sickened him.
What with Paliser Place, its upkeep and the rest of it, it must be a pittance.
One as rich as he is known to be will not object to a pittance like that.
A pittance of money is obtained, and then they search for a man.
No man but O'Connor would have worked as editor for the pittance you paid him.
I might have a pittance instead of a fortune, but I should not have to fear want.
What must be the fate of those whose dependence was upon such a pittance!
How could you do it with that pittance of an allowance of yours?
The slave's share was not a pittance, but much more like the lion's share.
WORD ORIGIN
c.1200, "pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food; the extra food provided," also "a small portion, scanty rations," from Old French pitance "pity, mercy, compassion; refreshment, nourishment; portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest," apparently literally "pity," from pitié (see pity). Meaning "small amount, portion" first recorded 1560s.