how to pronounce pittance

/ˈpɪtəns/

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pittance is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pittance in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… on the one hand we spend a pittance on …”

meanings of pittance

noun:

A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
A meagre allowance of money or wages.
A small amount.

pittance frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pittance occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pittance can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pittance can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;