Nickel-cadmium battery
[nik-uh l-kad-mee-uh m] /ˈnɪk əlˈkæd mi əm/
noun
1.
a storage battery, with an alkaline electrolyte, having nickel oxide as the positive element and cadmium as the negative.
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- Nickeled-and-dimed
[nik-uh l-uh n-dahym] /ˈnɪk əl ənˈdaɪm/ Informal. adjective 1. of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded. verb (used with object), nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed, nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming. 2. to expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.: We’re being nickel-and-dimed to death by these […]