HALFPENNY Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

halfpenny

noun

Definition of halfpenny

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

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Noun

They were sold in 8 and 16-ounce packages and in 5-pound loaves for food-service customers and wholesalers.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Priced at $23 for a 16-ounce bottle, The Wash is a full body, sulfate-free cleanser, infused with aloe vera, sunflower seed oil, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ounce

Noun

Given that Starship can carry payloads of up to 100 tonnes, this represents only a fraction of its capacity.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
Another may have a fraction of that audience but committed supporters willing to subscribe, purchase, tip, attend, gift or otherwise financially participate.

— Dor Isseroff, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fraction

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Sure, these kids have Google Maps and Reels and reinforcing algorithms and whatever, but the human consequences of adult failure have not changed one jot.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
When Ava runs off to the bathroom, Deborah instinctively reaches for her notebook and jots down another idea.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026

Definition of jot

Noun

Satin, a fabric that gives the classic shoe a pretty sheen and just a smidge more personality.

— Iman Balagam, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026
Even though his account has only a smidge more than 13,000 followers, the social media behemoth boosted the auction to other TikTokers.

— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of smidgen

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Researchers have often used the valence-electron concentration, or the number of valence electrons per atom, to classify magnetic behavior.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
In the early 1930s, scientists were just beginning to discover the extraordinary world hidden inside the atom, which is made up of a dense center, called the nucleus, with electrons orbiting around it.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 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

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