English-Thai Dictionary

pittance

N เงิน เล็กน้อย  ngen-lek-noi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITTANCE

n.[The word signifies primarily, a portion of food allowed to a monk. The Spanish has pitar, to distribute allowances of meat, and pitancero, a person who distributes allowances, or a friar who lives on charity. ] 1. An allowance of meat in a monastery.
2. A very small portion allowed or assigned.
3. A very small quantity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PITTA

PITTA Pit "ta, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidæ. Most of the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true thrushes.

 

Note: The pittas are most abundant in the East Indies, but some inhabit Southern Asia, Africa, and Australia. They live mostly upon the ground, and feed upon insects of various kinds.

 

PITTACAL

Pit "ta *cal, n. Etym: [Gr. pittacale.] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.

 

PITTANCE

Pit "tance, n. Etym: [OE. pitance, pitaunce, F. pitance; cf. It. pietanza, LL. pitancia, pittantia, pictantia; perh. fr. L. pietas pity, piety, or perhaps akin to E. petty. Cf. Petty, and Pity. ]

 

1. An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole. "A good pitaunce." Chaucer. One half only of this pittance was ever given him in money. Macaulay.

 

2. A meager portion, quality, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation. "The small pittance of learning they received. " Swift. The inconsiderable pittance of faithful professors. Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pitta

pit ta 1 |ˈpɪdə ˈpitə | ▶noun a small ground-dwelling thrushlike bird with brightly colored plumage and a very short tail, found in the Old World tropics. [Family Pittidae and genus Pitta: many species. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Telugu piṭṭa ‘(young ) bird. ’

 

pitta

pit ta 2 |ˈpitə ˈpɪdə | ▶noun variant spelling of pita.

 

pittance

pit tance |ˈpitns ˈpɪtns | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French pitance, from medieval Latin pitantia, from Latin pietas ‘pity. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pitta

pitta 1 |ˈpɪtə | ▶noun a small ground-dwelling thrush-like bird with brightly coloured plumage and a very short tail, found in the Old World tropics. ●Family Pittidae and genus Pitta: many species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Telugu piṭṭa ‘(young ) bird ’.

 

pitta

pitta 2 |ˈpɪtə |(also pitta bread, N. Amer. pita ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] flat, hollow, slightly leavened bread which can be split open to hold a filling. ORIGIN modern Greek, literally ‘cake or pie ’; compare with Turkish pide, in a similar sense.

 

pittance

pit |tance |ˈpɪt (ə )ns | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] a very small or inadequate amount of money: he paid his workers a pittance. 2 historical a pious bequest to a religious house or order to provide extra food and wine at particular festivals, or on the anniversary of the benefactor's death. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French pitance, from medieval Latin pitantia, from Latin pietas ‘pity ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pittance

pittance noun the musicians were paid a pittance: a tiny amount, next to nothing, very little; informal peanuts, chicken feed, slave wages, chump change.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pittance

pittance noun the musicians were paid a pittance: a very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount, next to nothing, very little; informal peanuts, chicken feed, slave wages, a shoestring; N. Amer. informal chump change.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pitta

pit ta /píːtə |pɪ́tə /名詞 ｟英 ｠＝pita .

 

pittance

pit tance /pɪ́t (ə )ns /名詞 C 〖通例a ～〗1 わずかな手当て [収入 ].2 少量 ; 少数 .