a dime's worth »
An insignificant amount.
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add up »
To accumulate; to amount to.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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bottom line »
The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
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cash cow »
Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.
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chip in »
To put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.
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chump change »
An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
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clean up »
To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
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clock up »
To accumulate a large amount of time.
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come to »
To total; to amount to.
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consume mass quantities »
To eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.
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consume mass quantities »
To use large amounts of any resource.
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cut down »
To reduce the amount of something.
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damn with faint praise »
To provide praise that is so minimal or inconsequential as to actually amount to criticism.
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don't be penny wise and pound foolish »
Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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double up »
To double the quantity, amount or duration of something.
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dribs and drabs »
A series of negligible amounts.
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drink from a firehose »
To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.
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drip »
To put a small amount of a liquid on something, drop by drop.
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enough is as good as a feast »
Just the right amount is as good as more than enough: there is no value in excess.
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face value »
The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.
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feather one's nest »
To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.
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full whack »
The whole amount.
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get stuck in »
To dedicate a large amount of effort towards.
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give or take »
Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.
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go by the board »
To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
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grease payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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hold one's liquor »
To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.
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hustle and bustle »
A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
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lead time »
The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.
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lubrication payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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mad money »
A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
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make a killing »
To win or earn a large amount of money.
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many a mickle makes a muckle »
(UK) a lot of small amounts together, become a large amount.
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mouse potato »
A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
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nickel and dime »
Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
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not a zack »
No amount of money; no money at all.
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nothing flat »
Amount of time; no time at all.
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nugget of truth »
A small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.
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patience of Job »
An great amount of patience.
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pay through the nose »
To pay a high price, especially an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
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pay up »
To pay for something in total, after a certain amount of time after receiving a purchase.
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penny wise and pound foolish »
Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts.
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pretty penny »
A considerable amount of money; a high price or a high income.
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put down »
To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.
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quite a bit »
A considerable amount.
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run to »
To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
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same difference »
It makes no difference; it amounts to the same thing.
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scrape together »
To collect, assemble or gather small amounts , from various sources, with some difficulty.
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small change »
A minor or insignificant amount of money.
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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar »
To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.
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take a bath »
To lose a large amount of money in an investment.
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top dollar »
The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.
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tuits »
Virtual tokens for an amount of time or attention that a particular issue would need to resolve.
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turn down »
To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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turn heads »
To garner a considerable amount of attention.
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turn up »
To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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two bob »
A small amount of value.
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two cents »
A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
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warm up »
To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.
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world »
A great amount.
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