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1 penniless
adjective (very poor; with little or no money: a penniless old man.) bepinigis, nuskurdęs -
2 penny
['peni]plurals - pence; noun1) (in British currency, the hundredth part of `1: It costs seventy-five pence; Oranges, 12p each.) pensas2) (in certain countries, a coin of low value.) grašis, smulkus pinigas, centas3) (the value of such a coin.) grašis, skatikas• -
3 virtually
['və: uəli](more or less, though not strictly speaking; in effect: He was virtually penniless.) faktiškai, tiesą sakant
См. также в других словарях:
penniless — pen‧ni‧less [ˈpenɪləs] adjective having no money: • Many of the migrants arrive penniless. * * * penniless UK US /ˈpeniləs/ adjective ► without any money at all: »A series of bad investments left him almost penniless … Financial and business terms
Penniless — Pen ni*less, a. [From {Penny}.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. {Pen ni*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
penniless — index bankrupt, destitute, impecunious, insolvent, penurious, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
penniless — early 14c., from PENNY (Cf. penny) + LESS (Cf. less) … Etymology dictionary
penniless — *poor, indigent, needy, destitute, impecunious, poverty stricken, necessitous Analogous words: impoverished, bankrupt, drained (see DEPLETE): penurious (see corresponding noun at POVERTY) Contrasted words: opulent, affluent, wealthy, *rich … New Dictionary of Synonyms
penniless — [adj] without any money bankrupt, broke*, clean*, cleaned out*, dead broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down to last penny*, flat*, flat broke*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in the gutter*, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on last leg* … New thesaurus
penniless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without money; destitute … English terms dictionary
penniless — [pen′ə lis, pen′ēlis] adj. without even a penny; extremely poor pennilessness n … English World dictionary
penniless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, die ▪ He died penniless in Paris. ▪ find yourself ▪ Laura found herself virtually penniless. ▪ leave sb … Collocations dictionary
penniless — [[t]pe̱niləs[/t]] ADJ: usu v link ADJ Someone who is penniless has hardly any money at all. They d soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn t find suitable work. ...a penniless refugee … English dictionary
penniless — pen|ni|less [ˈpenıləs] adj someone who is penniless has no money →↑broke ▪ Uncle Charlie was jobless and penniless … Dictionary of contemporary English