pittance

noun3

1. •
   A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
2. •
   A meagre allowance of money or wages.

   • Dad was forced to claim benefit money from the government. It was a pittance, barely enough to live on. — 2012
3. •
   A small amount.

   • The former residents of Fraguas, who sold up for a pittance, have swung behind the resettlement, happy to see life return to the narrow lanes where they grew up. — 2022