chump change

n. Slang
A small amount of money.

A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example, Dave was sick of working for chump change; he wanted a decent salary, or Don't put that on the agenda; it's chump change. This expression uses chump in the sense of "a fool or sucker who should be ignored." [Slang; 1960s] Also see chicken feed.

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n. a small amount of money; the kind of salary or amount of money a chump would work for.  I refuse to work for chump change! I want a real job.

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