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

An entry-level dram might cost $6, but the well-heeled can spend $1,500 on an ounce of the ultra rare.

— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
For entrees, order The Zabuton, a 16-ounce melt-in-your-mouth tender steak sourced from a wagyu cattle farm in Idaho, which comes with fries.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of ounce

Noun

Just a fraction of an inch can separate a player from hitting a flyball to left field and, say, tying a franchise record for career home runs.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
By being able to fly alongside an attack helicopter, Anduril says that three Thunders can effectively triple the strength of a single copter at a fraction of the cost of conventional alternatives.

— David Szondy July 21, New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Definition of fraction

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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

Others warned that some of the film’s decisions may be potentially polarizing for fans and that its runtime is a smidge too long.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
Grains and Seeds Seeds like flax, sunflower, or pumpkin can bump up the plant protein and healthy fats a smidge.

— Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026

Definition of smidgen

Noun

This makes the system particularly well-suited for studying 2D quantum materials that are only one or a few atoms thick.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
These effects can alter how the atom absorbs the light and, therefore, change how astronomers see that light.

— Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 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

That buy-in proves essential to a movie whose premise requires you to suspend every iota of your disbelief, lest its Lanthimos-lite approach to child abduction curdle into something much darker.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Every iota of data about a prospect, then, becomes pregnant with meaning.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026

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