The word "pittance" in literature is consistently employed as a poignant marker of meager compensation and social inequity. Authors use it to underscore the severe insufficiency of wages or support that characters receive, whether highlighting the stark contrast between fortune and poverty ([1]) or emphasizing the burdens borne by laborers and widows on barely sufficient earnings ([2], [3], [4]). In works ranging from Dickens and Thackeray to Shelley and Hawthorne, "pittance" is not just a monetary term but a symbol of the broader socio-economic disparities that underpin the characters’ lives ([5], [6], [7]). Even when used to describe barter or literal exchanges of goods ([8]), the term invariably evokes a sense of inadequacy and struggle, casting a critical light on the systems that consign individuals to subsistence living ([9], [10]).