nickel and dime

Alternative forms

 * nickel-and-dime

Etymology 1
From the names of two US coins of small value.

Adjective

 * 1)  Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.

Verb

 * 1)  To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
 * 2)  To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
 * 1)  To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
 * 1)  To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
 * 1)  To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.

Etymology 2
From prison or criminal slang

Noun

 * 1)  Fifteen years.

Etymology 3
After retail stores where “everything costs a nickel or a dime”

Noun

 * 1)  A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents)