Idioms

and change

and change

And a little extra. "Change" here is a reference to coins, as in the price of something, but the phrase does not always refer to money. This healthy lunch only cost me a few bucks and change. He's a tall guy, about 6'3" and change. I can't believe she beat me by a whole minute and change. I had been training so hard for that race!
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and change

plus a few cents; plus a fewhundredths. (Used in citing a price or other decimal figure to indicate an additional fraction of a full unit.) This one only costs ten bucks and change. The New York Stock Exchange was up seven points and change for the third broken record this week.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

and some change

AMERICAN
People say and some change to mean a small additional amount of something, usually money. Now I had two hundred and seventy-one thousand dollars and some change. A year and some change ago, I lost my job with the union.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

and change

phr. plus a few cents; plus a few hundredths. (Used in citing a price or other decimal figure to indicate an additional fraction of a full unit.) The New York Stock Exchange was up seven points and change for the third broken record this week.
See also: and, change
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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