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small change

 
/smɔl ˈtʃeɪndʒ/ n [U]

Definition

coins of little value, or a small amount of money: I only had some small change in my pocket. The cost of this project is small change compared to the one we'll be starting next year.
(Definition of small change n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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