pretty penny

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P0167200 (pĕn′ē)n. pl. pen·nies 1. In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.2. pl. pence (pĕns) a. Abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth ¹/₁₀₀ of a pound. Also called new penny.b. Abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth ¹/₁₂ of a shilling or ¹/₂₄₀ of a pound.c. A coin formerly used in the Republic of Ireland, worth ¹/₁₀₀ of a pound.d. A coin used in various dependent territories of the United Kingdom.3. Any of various coins of small denomination.4. A sum of money.Idiom: pretty penny A considerable sum of money: I paid a pretty penny for that ring.

[Middle English, an English coin, from Old English penig.]

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P0167200 (pĕn′ē)n. pl. pen·nies Variant of pinny..

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pretty penny

nounInformal. A large sum of money:fortune, mint.Informal: bundle, tidy sum, wad.Slang: pile.

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a pretty penny

A large amount of money. A fancy car like that costs a pretty penny, so I definitely can't afford it! Wow, Alex must have paid a pretty penny for a house in a gated community.See also: penny, pretty

pretty penny

n. a sizable amount of money. This watch cost me a pretty penny, and I intend to take care of it. See also: penny, pretty

pretty penny

A considerable sum of money: I paid a pretty penny for that ring.See also: penny, pretty

cost an arm and a leg/a pretty penny, to

Excessively expensive, exorbitant. The first phrase is American in origin and dates from the mid-twentieth century. The source is obvious: giving up an arm and a leg to buy something is clearly too costly. The use of “pretty” to mean considerable in amount was originally British and is now archaic except in a few well-worn phrases like this one, a cliché since the late nineteenth century. It was common throughout the eighteenth century, and crossed the Atlantic as well (“The captain might still make a pretty penny,” Bret Harte, Maruja, 1885). A similar term was a fine penny, now obsolete.See also: and, arm, cost, leg, pretty

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释义	pretty penny pen·ny¹ P0167200 (pĕn′ē)n. pl. pen·nies 1. In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.2. pl. pence (pĕns) a. Abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth ¹/₁₀₀ of a pound. Also called new penny.b. Abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth ¹/₁₂ of a shilling or ¹/₂₄₀ of a pound.c. A coin formerly used in the Republic of Ireland, worth ¹/₁₀₀ of a pound.d. A coin used in various dependent territories of the United Kingdom.3. Any of various coins of small denomination.4. A sum of money.Idiom: *pretty penny* A considerable sum of money: I paid a pretty penny for that ring. [Middle English, an English coin, from Old English penig.] pen·ny² P0167200 (pĕn′ē)n. pl. pen·nies Variant of pinny.. Thesaurus pretty penny nounInformal. A large sum of money:fortune, mint.Informal: bundle, tidy sum, wad.Slang: pile. pretty penny a pretty penny A large amount of money. A fancy car like that costs a pretty penny, so I definitely can't afford it! Wow, Alex must have paid a pretty penny for a house in a gated community.See also: penny, pretty pretty penny n. a sizable amount of money. This watch cost me a pretty penny, and I intend to take care of it. See also: penny, pretty pretty penny A considerable sum of money: I paid a pretty penny for that ring.See also: penny, pretty cost an arm and a leg/a pretty penny, to Excessively expensive, exorbitant. The first phrase is American in origin and dates from the mid-twentieth century. The source is obvious: giving up an arm and a leg to buy something is clearly too costly. The use of “pretty” to mean considerable in amount was originally British and is now archaic except in a few well-worn phrases like this one, a cliché since the late nineteenth century. It was common throughout the eighteenth century, and crossed the Atlantic as well (“The captain might still make a pretty penny,” Bret Harte, Maruja, 1885). A similar term was a fine penny, now obsolete.See also: and, arm, cost, leg, pretty EncyclopediaSeepennyFinancialSeePenny pretty penny noun Synonyms for pretty penny noun a large sum of money Synonyms fortune mint bundle tidy sum wad pile
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noun a large sum of money

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