nickel-and-dime
Meanings
- spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
- accumulate gradually;
- "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
- of minor importance;
- "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
- "a small-time actor"
- low-paying;
- "a nickel-and-dime job"