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pit·tance [ˈpɪtən(t)s] N usu sing pej

pittance

Hungerslohn m

pittance

erbärmlich niedriger Lohn

a mere pittance

..., but for the company it's a mere pittance

a mere pittance

..., but for the company it's a mere pittance

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

The workers were paid a pittance for their labour, and were expected to work in often awful and harsh conditions. en.wikipedia.org

It once earned a pittance through fishing and sheep farming. en.wikipedia.org

Some worked in armaments factories, others in naval shipyards, for a pittance of three to five francs a day. en.wikipedia.org

Often the excess must be sold for a pittance and used for industrial alcohol production rather than wine. en.wikipedia.org

Because these properties were summarily declared to be in decline, families were given pittances for their properties, and were forced into federal housing called the projects. en.wikipedia.org

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

However, in around 50% of cases, the chief wage-earner was employed in regular work, but paid mere pittance, unable to sustain a healthy level of living. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

They shall have only one mess, with a pittance, at a meal, excepting on the greater festivals, when they may have three messes. en.wikipedia.org

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