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TURN A NICE PENNY
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a satisfactory profit
Example:
The company turned a nice dime after a short time
Synonyms:
turn a nice dime; turn a nice dollar; turn a nice penny
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn a nice penny" is one way to...):
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
Sentence frames:
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