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1. Of minor importance
   "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
   - small-time, rinky-dink [N. Amer]
    
2. Low-paying
   "a nickel-and-dime job"

1. Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
   - penny-pinch
    
2. Accumulate gradually

Derived forms: nickel-and-dimes, nickel-and-dimed, nickel-and-diming

See also: cheap, inexpensive, unimportant

Type of: come up, drop, expend, scrape, scrape up, scratch, spend