Source : WordNet®

nickel-and-dime
     adj 1: of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of
            a single rented room"; "a small-time actor" [syn: {small-time}]
     2: low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job" [syn: {nickel-and-dime(a)}]
     v 1: spend money frugally; spend as little as possible [syn: {penny-pinch}]
     2: accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a
        small house for her family"