0 something, especially an amount of money, that is small and not important: --
1 a game played on a board with holes, in which small balls are hit towards the holes --
He himself described that sum of money as being a bagatelle.
The personal aspect of the case is a mere detail, a mere bagatelle.
I suppose that £13 million is merely a bagatelle when one considers a net borrowing requirement of about £12,000 million.
I appreciate that there is a £5,000 grant, which may be important to small areas, but it is a bagatelle to large areas.
There are, however, certain administrative expenses which have to be met, and £10,000 a year is a mere bagatelle.
We have proposed a reduction of £100, which of course is a mere bagatelle to him.
One may play billiards, bagatelle, dominoes, draughts, backgammon, skittles, darts, and card games of skill only, for love or for a local prize.
He cannot say that the £150 million in this company is a bagatelle or a trinket.
