āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
red cent
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Red cent
01
āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻž, āĻāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
an amount of money that is extremely small
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite working long hours, she did n't receive a red cent in wages from her unscrupulous employer.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻž
something of no value or significance, often used to express disdain or disregard
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That excuse does nât mean a red cent to me.
āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻžāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
