# and change

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/and-change
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.

## Examples

- The ticket costs twenty dollars and change.
- I waited for forty minutes and change before the bus finally arrived at the station.
- The project required an investment of five thousand dollars and change, a figure that exceeded our initial budget by a small but significant margin.

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