Meanings
- idiomaticinformalAnd some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.
It cost me two dollars and change. (i.e., more than $2 but less than $3)
5 more examples
Kate saw a wedge of land rearing up nineteen thousand feet and change, its pointed peak testing the boundaries of the sky.
1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 179She wasn't much taller than five feet and change, and when she pulled off her mask she looked reassuringly human.
2010, Robert Charles Wilson, Spin - Volume 1, →ISBN“Six hundred and change shares of Grauptham House,” she said. “As soon as we have these notarized in the morning."
2012, Paul Melko, The Broken Universe, →ISBN, page 181Seven years and a few months after leaving Earth, we where about to survey the last of six planets around an amazingly stable star some eight hundred and change light years from Earth.
2013, Tony Pypka, Raptor, →ISBN, page 180How fast was he going? A hundred and change. (i.e., more than 100 but less than 110).
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish ja vähän yli, reilut
- ja vähän yliand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- reilutand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- ja risatand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
French et des brouettes, et des poussières
- et des brouettesand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- et des poussièresand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- et des broquillesand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- et desand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
German und ein paar Gequetschte
- und ein paar Gequetschteand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Italian e rotti, e passa
- e rottiand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- e passaand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Polish pi razy drzwi, z hakiem
- pi razy drzwiand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- z hakiemand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- z groszamiand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- z ogonkiemand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Portuguese e uns quebrados
- e uns quebradosand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Russian с ли́шним, с небольши́м
- с ли́шним (s líšnim)and some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- с небольши́м (s nebolʹším)and some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
- с копе́йками (s kopéjkami)and some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Spanish y pico
- y picoand some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number
Cite this entry
and change. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%20change
“and change.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%20change. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “and change,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%20change.
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