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English Dictionary: petty	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for petty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petty adj inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" Synonym(s): junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" Synonym(s): fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" Synonym(s): petty, small-minded n larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) Synonym(s): petit larceny, petty larceny, petty Antonym(s): grand larceny, grand theft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petty \Pet"ty\, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. --Denham. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. --Milton. {Petty averages}. See under {Average}. {Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or amounts. {Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army. Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See {Petit}. Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Petty, TX Zip code(s): 75470