chump change

noun

: a relatively small or insignificant amount of money

Examples of chump change in a Sentence

what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
Recent Examples on the Web Compared with almost $4.7 trillion in gross taxes, that’s chump change. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024 As for any cost associated with a council expansion, that’s chump change compared to the cost of inadequate representation. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024 The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024 That might sound like chump change next to, say, the record $1.2 billion in ad sales NBC had already booked by April. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for chump change 

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Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chump change was in 1956

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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chump%20change. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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