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make a dollar out of fifteen cents

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
make a -dol-lar out of -fif-teen -cents
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spend one's money carefully and sparingly, so that it lasts; to be thrifty.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes a dollar out of fifteen cents (present, singular) making a dollar out of fifteen cents (participle, present) made a dollar out of fifteen cents (participle, past) made a dollar out of fifteen cents (past)

Questions

What does make a dollar out of fifteen cents mean?
To spend one's money carefully and sparingly, so that it lasts; to be thrifty.

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