small fortune

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandfortune

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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fortune
noun
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofsmallandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsmall fortune

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I have not tried to make out that the fisherman has been making asmallfortune.
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They make asmallfortunefrom digging out the coal and putting miners out of work.
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The county council spent asmallfortunetrying to stop those leaks, but they failed, and the last barge went through that tunnel in 1911.
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It would cost asmallfortunefor no tangible benefit.
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The company has spent, and continues to spend, asmallfortuneupon dust elimination, and even better standards of control to prevent pollution.
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If you keep the wrong company at home with someone earning asmallfortunelike £10 a week, well, you know.
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It has been staffed by 560 people for all that time, costing taxpayers and consumers asmallfortune.
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They get very little encouragement, and it costs them asmallfortunebefore they make any headway at all.
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It has spent asmallfortuneplanning it.
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Give him his family allowances as well, and add them on to his £5 or £6 a week, and still £5 is asmallfortune.
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I have regularly heard the line about how one can make asmallfortune—start with a large one and go into venture capital.
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If it will cost asmallfortuneto meet the noise regulations, that may put a different complexion on its prospects.
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It is said that it will cost asmallfortuneto build the prefabricated units.
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Nowadays, it costs asmallfortuneto travel on public transport, even if one is travelling only three or four miles.
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Every single one went pear-shaped and cost the people of this country asmallfortune.
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Too much is made of the idea that the fisherman is making asmallfortunewhen he goes to work because he has a corner on his landing.
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I understand it is an old saying in the motor sport industry that anyone can make asmallfortuneout of motor racing providing they start with a large one.
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No witness can be considered objective if he or she stands to make asmallfortune—or perhaps a large fortune—depending on the verdict in the case.
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They pick up £100,000 of taxpayers' money from the deficit grants that were made in years gone by and then make asmallfortuneon the side.
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It is not surprising that it is not a sufficient bar, because to wait for a considerable sum of money—asmallfortune—for six years is well worth doing.
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