1) An inadequate payment 2) French word used in English 3) Meager payment 4) Meagre allowance or wage 5) Meagre amount 6) Mere amount 7) Paltry amount 8) Paltry sum 9) Payment 10) Small amount 11) Small compensation 12) Small share 13) Very small amount
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Pittance (through French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor`s death festivals and other similar occasions. The word was early transferred to a charitable donation and to ....
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• (n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole. • (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation.
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In medieval monasteries, a small dish of food, distributed by a monk called the pittancer, either to sick monks or to celebrate a feast day. ...
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Pit'tance (pĭt't
a ns)
noun [ Middle English
pitance ,
pitaunce , French
pitance ; confer Italian
pietanza , Late Latin
pitancia ,
pittantia ,
pictantia ; perhaps from Latin
pietas pity, piety, or perhaps akin to English
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[
n] - an inadequate payment
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noun an inadequate payment; `they work all day for a mere pittance`
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