A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny.

Roget 97: quadrisection, quadripartition^†; quartering etc. v.; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern^†; farthing^†, fourthing; quadrant.   

Roget 621: chance etc. 156; lot, fate etc. (necessity) 601; luck; good luck etc. (good) 618; mascot.    speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke etc. (uncertainty) 475; fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer [Slang]; limit.    uncertainty; uncertainty principle, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.    drawing lots; sortilegy^†, sortition^†; sortes^†, sortes Virgilianae^†; rouge et noir [Fr.], hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf.    gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; gambling joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box.    [person who takes chances] gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer; dicer^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 643: unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality.    triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness etc. adj.; poverty; smallness etc. 32; vanity etc. (uselessness) 645; matter of indifference etc. 866; no object.    nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of; small matter, no great matter, trifling matter etc. adj.; mere joke, mere nothing; hardly anything; scarcely anything; nonentity, small beer, cipher; no great shakes, peu de chose [Fr.]; child's play, kinderspiel.    toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air;" yankee notions [U.S.].    trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras^†, frippery; leather or prunello;" chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb; weed; refuse etc. (inutility) 645; scum etc. (dirt) 653.    joke, jest, snap of the fingers; fudge etc. (unmeaning) 517; fiddlestick^†, fiddlestick end^†; pack of nonsense, mere farce.    straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit^†, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen^†, red cent [U.S.].    minutiae, details, minor details, small fry; dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill.    nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus [Lat.]; flash in the pan etc. (impotence) 158; much ado about nothing etc. (overestimation) 482.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 800: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts etc. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets etc. (property) 780; wealth etc. 803; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.    [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage.    money-like instruments, M1, M2, sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds etc. (receipts) 810.    currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece [Fr.], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.   d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug [U.S.], wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.], wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]; rhino^†, blunt^†, dust^†, mopus^†, tin^†, salt^†, chink^†; argent comptant [Lat.]; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar^†; checks, dibs [Slang].    [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate^†, gold certificate^†; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile [Slang], pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke^†, rock [Slang]; seawan^†, seawant^†; thousand dollars, grand [Coll.].    [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill; two-dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.], fin [Coll.], Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note.    [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [1700-1900]; two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.], half-dime^†, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel^†, dime, disme^†, mercury dime^†, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B.    Anthony dollar^†.    precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget.    petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit^†, stiver^†, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau^†; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees.    major coin, crown; minor coin.    monetarist, monetary theory.    [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology^†.    [coin scholar or collector] numismatist.    paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat^†; blueback [U.S.], hundi^†, shinplaster [U.S.].    note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.    remittance etc. (payment) 807; credit etc. 805; liability etc. 806.    drawer, drawee^†; obligor^†, obligee^†; moneyer^†, coiner.    false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip^†, kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance.    argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].    letter of credit.    circulation, multiplier effect.    [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation.    [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates.    [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change [Fr.].    gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard.    bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD.    [money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$.    [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.]; Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department; Secret Service.    [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving.    [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage.    [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545.    [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: duit
Pools: farthing