"peanuts" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpiːnʌts/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiˌnʌts/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-peanuts.ogg [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} peanuts
  1. plural of peanut Tags: form-of, plural Form of: peanut
    Sense id: en-peanuts-en-noun-Fl30pJkG

Noun

IPA: /ˈpiːnʌts/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiˌnʌts/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-peanuts.ogg [General-American]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} peanuts pl (plural only)
  1. (informal, figurative) Especially of a salary: a very insufficient or small amount. Tags: figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only Synonyms: pittance, trifle Derived forms: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys Translations (very insufficient or small amount): quatre rals (Catalan), quatre xavos (Catalan), suolarahat [plural] (Finnish), Peanuts [feminine, plural] (German), für einen Apfel und ein Ei (German), 雀の涙 (suzumu-no-namida) (alt: すずめ-の-なみだ) (Japanese), peanuts [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), en slikk og ingenting (Norwegian Bokmål), гроши́ (groší) [masculine, plural] (Russian), копе́йки (kopéjki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), calderilla (Spanish), cuatro cuartos (Spanish), cuatro duros (Spanish), spottstyver [common-gender] (Swedish), struntsumma [common-gender] (Swedish), üç kuruş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-peanuts-en-noun-5zi5fHHp

Verb

IPA: /ˈpiːnʌts/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiˌnʌts/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-peanuts.ogg [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} peanuts
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of peanut Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: peanut
    Sense id: en-peanuts-en-verb-46na~qGo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 79 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 33 13 54

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