Idiom
small change
Meaning
A minor or insignificant amount of money.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I only have some small change in my pocket.”
“The cost of the repair was just small change compared to the price of a new car.”
“To a billionaire, losing a few thousand dollars on a bad investment is merely small change that does not affect his lifestyle.”
Examples
simple
“I only have some small change in my pocket.”
contextual
“The cost of the repair was just small change compared to the price of a new car.”
complex
“To a billionaire, losing a few thousand dollars on a bad investment is merely small change that does not affect his lifestyle.”
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