penny-a-weekadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛnɪəˈwiːk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛniəˈwik/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., a adj., week n.

Etymology: < penny n. + a adj. + week n.

Of or relating to, or amounting to, the sum of one penny per week; that collects, receives, attracts, or subscribes a penny per week.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > payment of specific amount

penny-a-week1828

threepenny1898

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 280 Laying up his penny-a-week pocket money in a penny-pig.

1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 15 Dec. (1965) I. 576 Penny-a-week men enrolled on the spur of the moment.

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 206 Many a good man went to the penny-a-week school.

1943 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 May 3 The Red Cross and St. John Fund has exceeded £20,000,000... More than one fourth has been contributed through the penny-a-week committee.

1993 Past & Present Nov. 155 By 1900 the accumulated penny-a-week premiums had established a capital fund of over £26 million in working-class insurance organizations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penny-a-week
释义	penny-a-weekadj. Brit. /ˌpɛnɪəˈwiːk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛniəˈwik/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., a adj., week n. Etymology: < penny n. + a adj. + week n. Of or relating to, or amounting to, the sum of one penny per week; that collects, receives, attracts, or subscribes a penny per week. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > payment of specific amount penny-a-week1828 threepenny1898 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 280 Laying up his penny-a-week pocket money in a penny-pig. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 15 Dec. (1965) I. 576 Penny-a-week men enrolled on the spur of the moment. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 206 Many a good man went to the penny-a-week school. 1943 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 May 3 The Red Cross and St. John Fund has exceeded £20,000,000... More than one fourth has been contributed through the penny-a-week committee. 1993 Past & Present Nov. 155 By 1900 the accumulated penny-a-week premiums had established a capital fund of over £26 million in working-class insurance organizations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828
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