Meaning of chicken feed | Babel Free
Definitions
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Food (usually grain) given to poultry. countable, uncountable
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A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money. countable, idiomatic, uncountable
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A trivial or easy task; a piece of cake. Singlish, countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
“Near-synonyms: pocket change, pocket money, chump change”
“"Some of them old skinflints has no heart Al but why should I fight with a old man over chicken feed like $10?"”
“The 20 per cent cut is chicken feed compared to us having to pay Moore compensation for the remaining 16 months […]”
“BMT [Basic Military Training] was literally ‘chicken feet’ compared to Officer Cadet School (OCS) […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.