loose change

English

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Noun

loose change (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Synonym of small change (“coins in the pocket, ready to spend”).

   I had a bit of cash on me, but no loose change.

2. (colloquial) Synonym of small change (“insignificant amount of money”).

   The cost of an opulent wedding is loose change to a millionaire.

   • 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “"We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 62:

     "For Haughley Junction, we are talking of rising cost estimates from £15m to £30m - that's loose change in rail terms. [...].

Translations

coins kept in one's pocket or bag

• Bajan: odd cents
• Bulgarian: дребни пари f pl (drebni pari)
• Catalan: xavalla (ca) f, menut (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 零錢 / 零钱 (zh) (língqián)

• Dutch: kleingeld (nl) n
• Finnish: pikkuraha (fi)
• French: monnaie (fr) f
• Galician: solto m, cambio (gl) m
• German: Kleingeld (de) n
• Greek: ψιλά (el) n pl (psilá)
• Hungarian: aprópénz (hu), apró (hu)
• Italian: spiccioli (it) m pl, monetine f pl
• Jamaican Creole: silva
• Japanese: 小銭 (ja) (こぜに, kozeni)
• Korean: 잔돈 (ko) (jandon)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: задгай мөнгө (zadgaj möngö), бутархай зоос (butarxaj zoos) (China)

• Polish: drobne (pl) f pl, bilon (pl) m
• Portuguese: trocado (pt) m
• Russian: ме́лочь (ru) f (méločʹ)
• Spanish: cambio (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: lukönädamon

small sum of money

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 零錢 / 零钱 (zh) (língqián)

• Finnish: pikkuraha (fi)
• Greek: ψιλά (el) n pl (psilá)
• Polish: grosze m pl
• Portuguese: trocado (pt) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: menudo (es), chatarra (es) f