noun
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
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her salary is peanuts compared to his
• Hypernyms: ↑sum, ↑sum of money, ↑amount, ↑amount of money
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a very small amount of money
We’re tired of working for peanuts.
Thesaurus: small amounts of moneysynonym
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Peanuts [Peanuts]
a very popular US ↑comic strip which has also appeared in many newspapers all over the world. It was drawn by Charles Schulz (1922–2000) and was first published in 1950. It is about children who talk like adults, and the characters include Charlie Brown, his dog ↑Snoopy, his aggressive friend Lucy and her nervous little brother ↑Linus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.