red cent

• Expression américaine vieillie désignant une somme d'argent très petite, souvent utilisée dans des constructions négatives pour souligner que quelqu'un n'a pas du tout d'argent ou ne veut pas payer le moindre centime.

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.

   le moindre sou

   • 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.