单词 | to make penny of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make penny of a. †to make penny of, to turn into money, to sell (obsolete); to make a (good, etc.) penny of, by, from, to make money out of, to profit by (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] to sell awayc1230 to set to (for, on) sale, a-salec1275 sella1330 to make sale (of)c1430 market1455 to make penny of1464 vent1478 to put away1574 dispatch1592 money1598 vent1602 to put off1631 vend1651 hawk1713 realize1720 mackle1724 neat1747 to sell over1837 unload1884 flog1919 move1938 shift1976 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > be profitable to > make profit by to make money1457 to make a (good, etc.) penny of, by, from1464 to make chevisance of1535 to make a (also one's) hand(s)1538 to make a good thing of (also out of)1800 1464 15th Rep. Hist. MSS App. viii. 38 [The king shall immediately] presoun thaire personis mak penny of thaire gudis [etc.]. 1512 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 76* To mak penny of þair landis and gudis. 1641 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1950) II. 292 That they sall put all actis and decreitis to dew executioun..mak pennie of the soumes of money thairin conteanit to the pairties obteanaris of the samen. 1726 G. Berkeley Let. 1 Dec. in Wks. (1871) IV. 139 I gave him old clothes, which he made a penny of. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. viii. 92 Warrant master Harrel's made a good penny of you. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. i. vi. 40 The want of sight rendered him incapable of conveyancing, and all he could do was to give council, or argue a cause by which he made a penny. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xxxvii. 140 Lord George had not, in truth, made a penny by them, and they were good hunters, worth the money. 1996 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Nov. b1 Keener makes a good penny from the stink in his pig manure. He ferments the manure, burns the gas to make electricity, and sells it. < as lemmas |
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