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. minim
  4. jot
  5. smidgen
  6. atom
  7. kenning
  8. iota
Noun
  • Recognizing the overwhelming demand, Budweiser promptly added another $100,000, enabling 16,600 more Americans to claim a free 16-ounce beer by July 4th.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The British, meanwhile, have marked 250 years since Americans rose up against their colonial authority by minting a 250-ounce coin.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
Definition of ounce
Noun
  • Roughly 100 children have been treated elsewhere in the hospital since last week, a fraction of those injured in the earthquakes.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • The $8 million in fees represents only a fraction of the legal costs incurred by Lively during the course of 18 months of litigation against Baldoni.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of fraction
Noun
  • Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2017
Definition of minim
Noun
  • When Ava runs off to the bathroom, Deborah instinctively reaches for her notebook and jots down another idea.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Sometimes the import agent or the customs official jots down the wrong product code, the wrong tariff rate, or the wrong number of units.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of jot
Noun
  • That’s up a smidge from Ipsos polling in May, but points to the challenge that comes with trying to turn America into a soccer nation.
    — Linley Sanders, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • And not for nothing, the playoffs would’ve been at least a smidge less crazy-making with Landale available.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of smidgen
Noun
  • All current nuclear power plants use fission, which involves splitting atoms.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Graphene oxide is a single-atom-thick carbon material, particularly known for its strength, electrical conductivity, and versatility.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
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
  • Most of the writers attempting to imitate Tolkien weren’t steeped in the rhythm of Old English kennings, or the spiritual yearning of chivalric romance.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
Definition of kenning
Noun
  • Every iota of data about a prospect, then, becomes pregnant with meaning.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • The commonly mistaken base assumption is that the greatest minds that have devised AI and consumed so much money doing so must certainly know every iota of how AI works.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of iota

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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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