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
MuhsİN-Turkish
Susumusoo-soo-mooJapanese
Arsenios-Ancient Greek
Yaa-Western African, Akan
Humphries['hʌmfriz]
HasdrubalHAZ-droo-bəl (English), haz-DROO-bəl (English)Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History