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nickel-and-dime

/ˌnɪkələnˈdaɪm/

US UK

adjective

always used before a noun

US informal

involving, making, or spending a small amount of money

nickel-and-dime charges/fees

nickel-and-dime tax increases

nickel-and-dime customers/tourists

not very important

nickel-and-dime [=small-time] businesses

nickel-and-dime candidates

verb

nickels-and-dimes or nickel-and-dimes; nickeled-and-dimed or nickel-and-dimed; nickeling-and-diming or nickel-and-diming

[+ obj] US informal + disapproving :to make (someone) pay many small amounts of money over a long period of time

Customers are being nickeled-and-dimed by the cell phone company. [=customers are being charged extra small fees by the cell phone company that will add up to a lot of money over time]

You should buy a new car before this one nickle-and-dimes you to death. [=before you need to pay for a lot of repairs on this one]