halfpenny

noun

Definition of halfpennynext
as in ounce

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Recent Examples of halfpenny Indeed, in 2023, his music earned him just shy of $200,000, about one halfpenny at a time. — Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024 In nineteenth-century England, tailors would place old halfpennies in the pockets of a man’s new suit for good luck. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 The cost of providing the training, closing the stores and any loss of sales due to boycotting customers won’t show up until the fiscal third quarter when William Blair estimates up to a halfpenny penalty to earnings per share. — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfpenny
  1. ounce
  2. fraction
  3. jot
  4. smidgen
  5. atom
  6. kenning
  7. iota
  8. whit
Noun
  • North American Gold ETFs are turning around: After selling off approximately 30 million ounces in recent years, these ETFs are now adding gold holdings.
    — Bob Haber, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Though their approaches may differ, these six hospitality companies and destinations are collectively putting clean and green initiatives at the forefront of their businesses and setting a new standard for sustainability in travel without sacrificing a single ounce of luxury.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of ounce
Noun
  • To leverage this competitive advantage fully, businesses must prioritize funding women-founded AI startups, which currently receive only a fraction of venture capital investment despite often delivering higher returns on investment.
    — Committee of 200, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In fact, Maduro’s family and inner circle have directly benefited from the smuggling of hundreds of millions in the precious metal while sending only a minor fraction to the state’s coffers, a Miami Herald investigation discovered in 2019.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of fraction
Noun
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Rocketbook Core Reusable Spiral Notebook On Sale 9% off $31 Buy Now on Amazon $22 Buy Now on target For the one who takes the nicest notes and jots down pretty much everything, get them a more sustainable option.
    — Mia Maguire, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of jot
Noun
  • Gray apparently had no one even a smidgen better to put in charge of liaising with FEMA, NWS and LAFD but… Seth.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Nvidia fell 2% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500, though that represents just a smidgen of its huge gains made in recent years.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of smidgen
Noun
  • Ozone is a gas made up of three oxygen atoms, which occurs naturally in small amounts in the stratosphere, protecting Earth from the sun's UV radiation, which would otherwise make the surface of our planet sterile.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That's when fusion happens: the hydrogen atoms fuse, and release energy.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of atom
Noun
  • This is a kenning that evokes a natural transition to darkness and also an unfinished human endeavor.
    — Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The kenning’s true meaning lies beyond the edges of my comprehension.
    — Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of kenning
Noun
  • By finally publishing it in the party’s flagship journal, the inference is that none of the intervening turmoil has made China’s leadership alter course one iota.
    — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Standard & Poor’s 500 finished an iota higher, less than 0.1%, after surrendering virtually all of its early gain of 0.9%.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of iota
Noun
  • The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.
    — The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of whit

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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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