nickel and dime



nickel and dime somebody

  (American informal)
to charge someone small amounts of money for something, often as an extra payment I hate being nickeled and dimed by hotels for local telephone calls - they already charge you so much for the room.
See also: and, dime, nickel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Theotman-Ancient Germanic
Justinezhuy-STEEN (French), jus-TEEN (English)French, English, Dutch, German
HugoOO-go (Spanish), HYOO-go (English), HUY-kho (Dutch), HOO-go (German)Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic (
Racquelrə-KELEnglish
Burhan-Arabic, Turkish
Ruggerorood-JE-roItalian