Sentence examples for chump change from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(3)

jerk change

silly change

stupid change

"chump change" is an acceptable idiom in written English.
It is often used to refer to an amount of money that is considered too trivial or insignificant to be considered meaningful. For example, you could say, "Even with the raise I got, it was still just chump change."

Dictionary

chump change

noun

A sum of money considered to be insignificant.

He spent $300,000 for his new car, but that's chump change for a billionaire like him.

synonyms

small change

chickenfeed

Exact(55)

Chump change.

The Guardian - Opinion

This is hardly chump change.

The New York Times

It's kind of chump change.

The New York Times

We're not talking chump change.

The New York Times

A scrunch of pungent chump change.

The New Yorker

"Oh, it's chump change," he said.

The New Yorker

"It's chump change," another track worker said.

The New York Times

But $199 is the chump change you get back after you buy something for chump change.

The New York Times

Just about anywhere else, this would have been chump change.

The New Yorker

Compared to the magnitude of the problem, it's chump change".

The New York Times - Science

This chump change ends up being Caroline's windfall.

The New Yorker

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