pittance in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pittance in the English»Italian Dictionary

pittance [Brit ˈpɪt(ə)ns, Am ˈpɪtns] N

a pittance

una miseria or un'elemosina

to live on, earn a pittance

vivere con, guadagnare una miseria

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miseria

pittance

guadagnare una miseria

to earn a mere pittance

pittance in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pittance in the English»Italian Dictionary

pittance [ˈpɪ·tənts] N

pittance

miseria

to live on a pittance

vivere con un reddito miserabile

Translations for pittance in the Italian»English Dictionary

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per un tozzo di pane (lavorare)

for a pittance

pittance Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to live on a pittance

vivere con un reddito miserabile

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It once earned a pittance through fishing and sheep farming.

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He dreams of stardom, but the stranglehold the producer has on the music industry condemns him to work for a pittance.

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Why do they agree to act for a relative pittance?

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He came to believe that under capitalism most people could never attain his privileges and were compelled to sell their labour for a pittance to industrialists and landowners.

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Or are we to let foreign companies take the lot leaving us with a pittance.

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This mysterious fence forces criminals to sell him their wares for a pittance.

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Much of the land was bought from the owners of large farms and sugar cane plantations, who were paid a pittance for their homes and given twenty-four hours to evacuate.

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The earl made a grant to the priory of 30 shillings a year in order to maintain a pittance for her soul.

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He knows there's a vein of gold underneath the homesteaders' property, and he offers out of the kindness of his heart to purchase their land for a pittance.

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According to the official rules, the prize for winning the contest is a pittance.

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