petty bourgeoisie
— Noun
– English
~ lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
petty morel
— Noun
– English
~ unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
petty juror
— Noun
– English
~ a member of a petit jury
petty jury
— Noun
– English
~ a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
petty officer
— Noun
– English
~ a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
petty cash
— Noun
– English
~ a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses
petty
— Noun
– English
~ larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
petty larceny
— Noun
– English
~ larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
petty apartheid
— Noun
– English
~ racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places
petty
— Adjective
– English
~ (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"
petty
— Adjective
– English
~ contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
petty
— Adjective
– English
~ inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"