penny.
分钱,分数,分币,分文不取
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Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
plural pen·nies, pence.
- ›a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
- ›a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
- ›Also called new penny . a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
- ›a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
- ›a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
- ›the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.
Phrases
- penny for your thoughts, a
- penny pincher
- penny saved is a penny earned, a
- penny wise and pound foolish
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- pinch pennies
- pretty penny
- turn up (like a bad penny)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making stocks, including the crazy surge in GameStop.
Phil Knight, who with his wife, Penny, made the second- and third-largest donations last year according to the Chronicle, increased his wealth by about 77% over the same March-to-December period.
While most prison jobs pay pennies on the hour, a few prison jobs, such as making furniture, pay $1 an hour, Bryant said.
In this case, fixing just the worst fridges would cut vaccine damage in half and save lives for pennies on the dollar.
Now, Watson can answer 75% of the questions people ask, and Otsego County has started paying for the service, which Pokorny says costs “pennies” per conversation.
They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.
“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.
“I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.
While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.