Definitions from Wiktionary (nickel and dime)

▸ adjective:  (US, idiomatic, colloquial) Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
▸ verb:  (US, idiomatic, colloquial) To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
▸ verb:  (US, idiomatic, colloquial, figuratively) To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
▸ noun:  (US, slang) Fifteen years.
▸ noun:  (US and Canada) A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents)




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