tad
noun
1.
a slight amount or degree of difference
- “a tad too expensive”
- “not a tad of difference”
- “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
Origin
1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.
Phrases
- a tad
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