pretty penny

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɪti ˈpɛni/
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• General-American: /ˌpɹɪti ˈpɛni/
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• General-American: [-ɾi-]
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• rhymes with -ɛni
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From pretty (“(dated) moderately large, considerable”) + penny (“money in general”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: значителна сума (značitelna suma) — considerable amount of money
• Chinese Mandarin: 一大筆錢 /一大笔钱 (yī dà bǐ qián) — considerable amount of money
• Czech: majlant — considerable amount of money
• Dutch: (mooi / aardig) sommetje — considerable amount of money
• Dutch: slordige duit — considerable amount of money
• Finnish: pitkä penni — considerable amount of money
• Finnish: maltaita — considerable amount of money
• French: les yeux de la tête — considerable amount of money
• French: un bras — considerable amount of money
• German: (nettes / hübsches) Sümmchen — considerable amount of money
• Hungarian: borsos ár — considerable amount of money
• Irish: pingin mhaith — considerable amount of money
• Macedonian: значи́телна су́ма (značítelna súma) — considerable amount of money
• Manx: argid mooar — considerable amount of money
• Polish: ładna sumka — considerable amount of money
• Portuguese: nota preta — considerable amount of money
• Russian: кру́гленькая су́мма (krúglenʹkaja súmma) — considerable amount of money
• Russian: влета́ть в копе́ечку (vletátʹ v kopéječku) — considerable amount of money
• Spanish: salir más caro que un hijo tonto — considerable amount of money
• Welsh: ceiniog a dimai — considerable amount of money
• Welsh: ceiniog fach — considerable amount of money