as in dime
a very small sum of money
what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
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Recent Examples of chump change
The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
That might sound like chump change next to, say, the record $1.2 billion in ad sales NBC had already booked by April.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
This particular Bluesy retails for $15,600, which is now chump change for DeChambeau.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 June 2024
Two trillion dollars over 10 years isn’t chump change.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
That might sound like chump change next to, say, the record $1.2 billion in ad sales NBC had already booked by April.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
This particular Bluesy retails for $15,600, which is now chump change for DeChambeau.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 June 2024
Two trillion dollars over 10 years isn’t chump change.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chump%20change. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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