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单词 red cent
释义
red cent
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n

Use red cent to mean an amount of money so small that it's basically worthless. A waiter might complain that her tips are so bad that she didn't earn a single red cent.
You'll always find this noun in some variation of the phrase "not one red cent." A stingy person announces that he won't give a red cent to any charities, while a crafty person plans to make every Christmas gift by hand, and not spend one red cent on presents this year. The red cent is symbolic, representing an a tiny amount of money. The original U.S. copper penny was reddish and was also called a red cent.
WORD FAMILY
red cent: red cents
USAGE EXAMPLES
“Speaker of the House Joe Cannon showed his opposition: ‘Not one red cent for scenery!’ he said.
The New Yorker(Sep 03, 2016)
“I received a pacemaker in 1982 in Canada where I am a citizen. I didn’t pay a red cent. My health was – and is brilliant.”
The Guardian(Oct 10, 2016)
I will never make 1 red cent on boxing.
Los Angeles Times(Sep 16, 2016)
n something of little value
not worth one red cent
Syn|Hyper
darn, hoot
ineptitude, worthlessness
having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
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