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nickel-and-dime /ˌnɪkələnˈdaɪm/  

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  • adjective
    always used before a noun
    US informal
    involving, making, or spending a small amount of money
    nickel-and-dime charges/fees
    nickel-and-dime tax increases
    nickel-and-dime customers/tourists
    not very important
    nickel-and-dime [=small-time] businesses
    nickel-and-dime candidates
    verb
    nickels-and-dimes or nickel-and-dimes; nickeled-and-dimed or nickel-and-dimed; nickeling-and-diming or nickel-and-diming
    [+ obj] US informal + disapproving :to make (someone) pay many small amounts of money over a long period of time
    Customers are being nickeled-and-dimed by the cell phone company. [=customers are being charged extra small fees by the cell phone company that will add up to a lot of money over time]
    You should buy a new car before this one nickle-and-dimes you to death. [=before you need to pay for a lot of repairs on this one]