Modicum

Noun

 * 1) A small, modest or trifling amount.
 * Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.

Synonyms

 * iota, jot, tittle
 * See also Thesaurus:particle

Thesaurus
ace, allotment, allowance, atom, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, budget, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, commission, contingent, crumb, cut, cutting, dab, dash, deal, destiny, dividend, dole, dollop, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, dwarf, end, equal share, farthing, fate, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gob, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, half, halver, handful, helping, hint, hunk, interest, iota, jot, little, little bit, lot, lota, lump, measure, meed, mess, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, moiety, molecule, morsel, mote, nutshell, ounce, paring, part, particle, pebble, percentage, piece, pinch, pittance, point, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, scintilla, scoop, scrap, scruple, segment, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small share, smidgen, smidgin, smitch, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, spark, speck, splinter, spoonful, spot, stake, stitch, stock, stump, suggestion, tatter, thimbleful, tinge, tiny bit, tittle, touch, trifle, trifling amount, trivia, whit

Etymology
From the modicum:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: малко количество, минимално количество
 * Dutch: weinigje
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian: un po' di
 * Portuguese: un pouco de
 * Russian: чуточку (čútočku), ничтожное количество (ničtóžnoje kolíčestvo)
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) a little, a small amount

Descendants

 * English: modicum

Etymology
From modicus: