paltry sum
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpaltryandsum
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paltry
adjective
uk/ˈpɔːl.tri/us/ˈpɑːl.tri/
(of an amount of money) very small and of little or ...
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sum
noun
uk/sʌm/us/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofpaltryandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is apaltrysum.
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That is apaltrysum.
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Apaltrysumis involved.
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It involves thepaltrysumof £60,000.
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Apaltrysumwould have been involved.
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He said this was apaltrysum.
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Here we are discussing apaltrysum.
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It is rather apaltrysum.
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I am not talking about apaltrysumof £100.
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This small,paltrysumis all that is at stake.
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Let us face it—that will be nopaltrysum.
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Thispaltrysumincensed the fishermen.
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I observe by this report that it received thepaltrysumof £50 last year.
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Yet we have here apaltrysumin terms of loans and grants.
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That is not apaltrysum, as some speakers in today's debate have claimed.
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I do not say that is apaltrysum; it is a significant sum.
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The extra charge for welfare foods raised only thepaltrysumof £1¾ million.
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Considering the terrible dangers involved in this business, is it not apaltrysumfor research?
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Frankly, it is worth no one's while to collect the miserable andpaltrysumof 37p.
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What apaltrysumfor the vast problem we are facing!
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For thatpaltrysumof £350 a year, all this commotion and disturbance has been caused.
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A threatening letter was sent to one of my constituents for thepaltrysumof £15.
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There have been 1,787 successful convictions, but the average fine imposed has been thepaltrysumof £7·70.
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For these licences, thepaltrysumof £11,000 was realised, against an estimated public spending in future of £25 million.
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Therefore, a £750 million borrowing requirement is not to be sneezed at as apaltrysum, especially at this time.
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