See nickel-and-dime in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for nickel-and-dime meaning in English (4.3kB)
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "nickel-and-dime (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "nickel and dime"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English coordinated pairs",
"parents": [
"Coordinated pairs",
"Terms by etymology"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of nickel and dime"
],
"id": "en-nickel-and-dime-en-adj-VVz0nn-t",
"links": [
[
"nickel and dime",
"nickel and dime#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nickel-and-dime"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "nickels-and-dimes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-diming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickeled-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickeled-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nickels-and-dimes",
"2": "nickel-and-diming",
"3": "nickel-and-dimed",
"past2": "nickeled-and-dimed"
},
"expansion": "nickel-and-dime (third-person singular simple present nickels-and-dimes, present participle nickel-and-diming, simple past and past participle nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "nickel and dime"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English coordinated pairs",
"parents": [
"Coordinated pairs",
"Terms by etymology"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Simon & Schuster, page 358",
"text": "The business people began to nickel-and-dime him, no water cooler in the production office, that sort of thing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 May 5, “How New York Can Put an End to the Plastic Bag”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Advocates for the poor have long resisted various cities’ efforts to crack down on bags — whether by charging fees or banning them — as a regressive tax on shoppers who can’t afford to be nickel-and-dimed every time they get groceries.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of nickel and dime"
],
"id": "en-nickel-and-dime-en-verb-VVz0nn-t",
"links": [
[
"nickel and dime",
"nickel and dime#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nickel-and-dime"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English coordinated pairs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verbs"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "nickel-and-dime (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "nickel and dime"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of nickel and dime"
],
"links": [
[
"nickel and dime",
"nickel and dime#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nickel-and-dime"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English coordinated pairs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "nickels-and-dimes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-diming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickel-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickeled-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nickeled-and-dimed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nickels-and-dimes",
"2": "nickel-and-diming",
"3": "nickel-and-dimed",
"past2": "nickeled-and-dimed"
},
"expansion": "nickel-and-dime (third-person singular simple present nickels-and-dimes, present participle nickel-and-diming, simple past and past participle nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "nickel and dime"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Simon & Schuster, page 358",
"text": "The business people began to nickel-and-dime him, no water cooler in the production office, that sort of thing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 May 5, “How New York Can Put an End to the Plastic Bag”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Advocates for the poor have long resisted various cities’ efforts to crack down on bags — whether by charging fees or banning them — as a regressive tax on shoppers who can’t afford to be nickel-and-dimed every time they get groceries.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of nickel and dime"
],
"links": [
[
"nickel and dime",
"nickel and dime#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-au-nickel-and-dime.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nickel-and-dime"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.