ˈchicken ˌfeed noun [uncountable]
an amount of money that is so small that it is almost not worth having:
The bank offered to lend us £1,000 but that’s chicken feed compared to what we need.

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chicken feed
a very small amount of money, especially money that is paid for doing a job.
He pays his labourers chicken feed.

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chicken feed
a small amount of money
The amount of money that I paid for the used car was chicken feed.

The man sold his car for chicken feed because he needed the money.

The money that I spent last night was chicken feed and I am not worried about it at all.

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chicken feed
n., slang A very small sum of money.
John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed.
Mr. Jones is so rich be thinks a thousand dollars is chicken feed.

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