red cent
Not one penny
A red cent is a trivially small amount of money, used in negative constructions to emphasize complete absence of payment or value: I wouldn't give you a red cent for that old car, The deal didn't cost him a red cent.
The phrase refers to the copper color of American pennies, the smallest denomination.
Extreme reluctance to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- stingyUnwilling to spend freely
- frugalSparing with resources
- thriftyPrudent with resources
miserly · cheapskate · scrooge · skinflint · broke · penniless · destitute · impoverished
One-cent piece
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
- paltryContemptibly meager
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- triflingOf no real importance
negligible · trivial · inconsequential · nominal · insignificant · minor · petty · insubstantial
One-cent piece
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- coinageInvented term or currency
- coinStamped metal currency
- changeTo make different
small change · loose change · pocket change · nickel · dime · quarter · Lincoln · mint
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- bygoneOf earlier times
historical · relic · curio · Americana · pre-war · discontinued · numismatics · coin collecting
penny-pinching
Extreme reluctance to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- stingyUnwilling to spend freely
- frugalSparing with resources
thrifty · miserly · cheapskate · scrooge · skinflint · broke · penniless · destitute · impoverished · bankrupt
penny
One-cent piece
trifling · negligible · trivial · inconsequential · nominal · insignificant · minor · petty · insubstantial · marginal
penny
One-cent piece
change · small change · loose change · pocket change · nickel · dime · quarter · Lincoln · mint · numismatic
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
bygone · historical · relic · curio · Americana · pre-war · discontinued · numismatics · coin collecting · patina
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, blue moon, green light, white lie, golden rule
- polarity wordsany, anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere
red centeverything
The complete set
gold · treasure · worth its weight in gold · million dollars · invaluable
red, cent, reds, redden, reddish, redness, redder, reddest, cents