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megapenny en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peny English penny English megapenny From mega- + penny.

Meanings

1. (humorous) A million cents. ($10,000)
   • In addition, [the computer] should not cost more than one “Megapenny” ($10,000 at the time). 2020, Philippe Darche, Microprocessor 1:
   • Or megapenny ($10,000) and nanoacre (for measuring chip sizes). 1997, Gene Wirchenko, Re: New IEC proposal: 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes, alt.folklore.computers (January 10, 1997)
   • If I could, there would probably be dozens of large software corporations banging on my door, offering 20 megapennies a year, company cars, ... 2005, 'holatuwol', Forum post, forums.kingdomofloathing.com (February 19, 2005)
2. (humorous) An indefinite amount of money, implied to be large.
   • ... without resorting to shelling out megapennies. 2004, 'holatuwol', Re: What is causing this phenomena?, "MoonRomance" (June 10, 2004)
   • Not a penny, but megapennies!!! .... 1998, Greg Bennett and David C. Cox, Top Ten Harris Lies, "Harrisment" (February 1998)
   • No. 7: .... Settle out of court for many, many megapennies. 2006, mbhunter, Ten unconventional uses for the penny, Mighty Bargain Hunter (August 20, 2006)
   • And any billionaire who's worried about losing that megapenny really ought to take up a hobby, like maybe horse riding. 2005, Phil Hampton, re: Billionaire’s Money Question, Dilbert Blog (December 20, 2005)
   • A megapenny for your thoughts, please. 1992, 'Stinger51', IE vs. NS (philosophy question), phpbuilder.com (October 11, 2002)

Forms

Translations (2)

es una infinidad de dinero (An indefinite amount of money, implied to be large) · es un millón de centavos (A million cents.)