pennies on the dollar
Fraction of value
Pennies on the dollar describes paying or receiving a small fraction of something's full value: The company's assets were sold for pennies on the dollar after the bankruptcy.
The phrase emphasizes how drastically reduced a price or settlement is—literally just a few cents for every dollar originally owed or worth.
- cheapLow in price
- dirt cheapExtremely low-priced
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- discountReduced price offered
- valueImportance or price
deal · sale · yard sale · garage sale · estate sale · debt settlement · fire sale · liquidation · insolvency · auction · write-down · price · clearance · foreclosure · markdown · cost · depreciation · financial hardship
pennies on the dollarfull price
Amount without reductions
top dollar · retail price · face value · asking price · sticker price
pennies on the dollarhighway robbery
Outrageously excessive charge
ripped off · gouged · fleeced · overcharged · price gouging