Definition
A minor or insignificant amount of money.
A person or thing of little importance or value.
In Context
- "The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work."
- "'Cousin Tom,' said mother, and trying to get so that Annie and I could not hear her; 'it would be a sad and unkinlike thing for you to despise our dwelling-house. We cannot entertain you, as the lordly inns on the road do; and we have small change of victuals."
- "He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy is small change."
Also Said As
- pocket change
- loose change
- spare change
- ;
- chump change
- ;
- pittance
- ;
- coffee money
Opposite In Meaning
- big bucks
- megabucks