noun
a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage
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The workers were paid a mere pittance for their hard work.
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I can't believe they only paid us a pittance for all that overtime.
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They're only offering a pittance for this gig, it's not worth it.
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His contribution to the project was just a pittance compared to the efforts of the rest of the team.