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♦ specific /spəˈsɪfɪk/A a.1 specifico ( anche fis.); preciso; esatto: Could you be more specific?, potresti essere più preciso?; (mecc.) specific weight, peso specifico; a specific remedy (o a specific medicine) un rimedio specifico; specific orders, ordini precisi, tassativi; for no specific reason, senza un preciso motivo; the specific name of a plant, il nome esatto (o scientifico) di una pianta2 caratteristico; peculiare; particolare: a writer with a specific style, uno scrittore con uno stile caratteristico; a style specific to that school of painters, lo stile peculiare di quella scuola di pitturaB n.1 (farm.) (rimedio) specifico2 (pl.) particolari; dettagli● (rag.) specific cost, costo specifico □ (leg.) specific devise, legato di specie ( di beni immobili) □ (biol.) specific difference, caratteristica che differenzia una specie da un'altra □ (mecc.) specific gravity, densità relativa □ (fis.) specific heat, calore specifico □ (leg.) specific legacy, legato di specie □ (leg.) specific lien, privilegio speciale □ (comm.) specific order, commessa □ specific rate, (ass.) tariffa tabellare; (demogr.) quoziente specifico. -
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['penɪ]1) (pl. pennies) (small amount of money) soldo m., centesimo m.not to have a penny to one's name — essere al verde, non avere un soldo
fifty pence o p cinquanta penny; a five pence o p piece una moneta da cinque penny; a 25 pence o 25p stamp — un francobollo da 25 penny
••a penny for your thoughts o for them colloq. a che cosa stai pensando? a pretty penny colloq. una bella sommetta; in for a penny in for a pound quando si è in ballo si deve ballare, abbiamo fatto trenta facciamo trentuno; take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves prov. il risparmio comincia dal centesimo; the penny dropped colloq. finalmente ci sei arrivato; they are two o ten a penny te li tirano dietro, ce ne sono a bizzeffe; to spend a penny BE colloq. eufem. andare al gabinetto o fare un po' d'acqua; to turn up like a bad penny — saltar fuori di continuo, essere come il prezzemolo. Although the plural form of penny is pence for a specific sum of money ( 10 pence, 24 pence) and pennies for the coins as objects ( a bag of pennies), in Italian the invariable loanword penny is used: 10 penny, 24 penny, una borsa di penny. Alternatively, the equivalent centesimo (plural form centesimi) may be used
* * *['peni]plurals - pence; noun1) (in British currency, the hundredth part of `1: It costs seventy-five pence; Oranges, 12p each.) penny2) (in certain countries, a coin of low value.) (centesimo)3) (the value of such a coin.) penny, centesimo•* * *['penɪ]1) (pl. pennies) (small amount of money) soldo m., centesimo m.not to have a penny to one's name — essere al verde, non avere un soldo
fifty pence o p cinquanta penny; a five pence o p piece una moneta da cinque penny; a 25 pence o 25p stamp — un francobollo da 25 penny
••a penny for your thoughts o for them colloq. a che cosa stai pensando? a pretty penny colloq. una bella sommetta; in for a penny in for a pound quando si è in ballo si deve ballare, abbiamo fatto trenta facciamo trentuno; take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves prov. il risparmio comincia dal centesimo; the penny dropped colloq. finalmente ci sei arrivato; they are two o ten a penny te li tirano dietro, ce ne sono a bizzeffe; to spend a penny BE colloq. eufem. andare al gabinetto o fare un po' d'acqua; to turn up like a bad penny — saltar fuori di continuo, essere come il prezzemolo. Although the plural form of penny is pence for a specific sum of money ( 10 pence, 24 pence) and pennies for the coins as objects ( a bag of pennies), in Italian the invariable loanword penny is used: 10 penny, 24 penny, una borsa di penny. Alternatively, the equivalent centesimo (plural form centesimi) may be used
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