chickenfeed

/tʃˈɪkɪnfˌid/ noun

Alternative spelling of chicken feed.

Word Origin A compound of chicken and feed — literally food for chickens. The figurative sense of 'a trivial sum' comes from the idea that chickenfeed is cheap, small change. Chicken from Old English cicen is a diminutive of cock, and feed from fēdan is related to food and fodder. The PIE root *pā- 'to feed, protect' also gives us pasture and pastor.

noun Alternative spelling of chicken feed. countable

To a billionaire, a million dollars is just chickenfeed.

(名词) 小钱;零钱;微不足道的钱 【替代拼写】

对亿万富翁来说,一百万美元只是小钱。

(sustantivo) Variante ortográfica de *comida para pollos*; informalmente, una cantidad insignificante de dinero.

Para un multimillonario, un millón de dólares es solo **calderilla**.

(nom) bagatelle; broutille; misère; rien; une somme dérisoire [Somme d'argent dérisoire ou insignifiante ; (au sens propre) nourriture pour les poules.]

Pour un milliardaire, un million de dollars n'est que du chickenfeed.

(Substantiv) Kleingeld; Peanuts [Eine unbedeutende oder lächerlich geringe Menge Geld, besonders im Vergleich zu größeren Summen.]

Für einen Milliardär sind eine Million Dollar nur **chickenfeed**.

(名詞) (俗語)ごくわずかな金額、はした金。

億万長者にとって、100万ドルはほんの端金にすぎない。

(substantivo) ninharia; mixaria; bagatela; quantia irrisória [Grafia alternativa de chicken feed (ração para galinhas; valor ou quantia insignificante).]

Para um bilionário, um milhão de dólares é apenas uma ninharia.

Word parts: chicken + feed

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