red cent

• Старомодное американское выражение, означающее очень маленькую сумму денег, часто используемое в отрицательных конструкциях, чтобы подчеркнуть, что у кого-то совсем нет денег или он не желает платить ни копейки.

An old-fashioned American expression meaning a very small amount of money, often used in negative constructions to emphasize that someone has no money at all or is unwilling to pay anything.

1. Smallest amount of moneyB2informalamerican

   Used to emphasize that someone has no money at all, or that something costs nothing.

   Ни копейки

   • I wouldn't pay a red cent for that broken watch.
   • He didn't give a red cent to the charity.
   • She didn't have a red cent to her name after the trip.