The term 'paltry amount' can be described by four different crossword solutions: pittance (8 letters), sou (3 letters), redcent (7 letters), and twocents (8 letters). Pittance is an old-fashioned word meaning a very small amount of money, usually given as charity. A sou is a former French coin, worth a very small amount. Redcent is a combination of the words 'RED' and 'CENT', referring to a very small amount of money. Twocents is a slang term for a very small amount of money. All of these terms refer to a paltry amount, or a very small amount of money.