| 词汇 | pennyworth |
| 释义 | pennyworth noun[ S ] uk /ˈpen.i.wəθ//ˈpen.əθ/ us /ˈpen.i.wɚθ/ old-fashioned(UKpenn'orth) as much of something as could be bought for a penny价值一便士的东西 a small amount of something: 少量，些许 It won't make a pennyworth of difference to me.这对我来说没有丝毫区别。 Costs & expenses admission charge aliment all in at cost at someone's expense bank charges outgo overrun palimony price point pricing redress remittance reserve RPI spend transfer fee tune upkeep whack You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Small amounts of money Words meaning small pieces and amounts Examples of pennyworthpennyworth They have bought their food in half-pennyworths and pennyworths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Figuratively speaking, we only grow wheat in halfpennyworths and pennyworths in this country, and an industry cannot be made to pay on that basis to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that women are being treated as pennyworths in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When you get down to the very poor they have to balance their weekly budget by pennyworths, and they have to buy tea by pennyworths or twopennyworths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every pennyworth of capacity which is not used is an on-cost on the production of the capacity which is being used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My ration was 10-pennyworth of scrag end of neck of mutton. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am therefore encouraged to put in my pennyworth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, owing to rationing, all that is available is two-thirds of one pennyworth of meat for each person served with a meal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We never bought a pennyworth and that is all there is to the whole matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not attract a pennyworth of income without using the property of creative artists and other copyright owners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be much more advisable to give an additional pennyworth of rationed food to the miner's household? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is ruining the ship for the sake of a pennyworth of tar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases they are not asking for a pennyworth of compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some instances not a pennyworth of work was being done to the house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He receives not a pennyworth of compensation at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pennyworth These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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