- lean/meagre pickings
- slim/lean/meagre pickings► a lack of good things to choose from: »
Even money-market funds offer slim pickings these days.
Main Entry: ↑picking
Financial and business terms. 2012.
lean/meagre pickings
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slim/lean/meagre pickings — ► a lack of good things to choose from: »Even money market funds offer slim pickings these days. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
meagre pickings — slim/lean/meagre pickings ► a lack of good things to choose from: »Even money market funds offer slim pickings these days. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
pickings — pick|ings [ˈpıkıŋz] n [plural] informal money or profits that you can get easily from a situation ▪ There were rich pickings (=a lot of money) to be had from the stock market. ▪ There are easy pickings for thieves at these big outdoor concerts.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lean pickings — slim/lean/meagre pickings ► a lack of good things to choose from: »Even money market funds offer slim pickings these days. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
slim pickings — slim/lean/meagre pickings ► a lack of good things to choose from: »Even money market funds offer slim pickings these days. Main Entry: ↑picking … Financial and business terms
picking — pick‧ing [ˈpɪkɪŋ] also ˈorder ˌpicking noun [uncountable] COMMERCE TRANSPORT the process of collecting goods together in a warehouse (= large building where goods are stored) in the right order, so that they can be packed and sent to a customer * … Financial and business terms
