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I keep my money in the bank. I have saved up my money. I saved all my pennies in a jar. A penny is only worth one cent. I have nickels. A nickel is worth five cents. A dime is worth ten cents. A quarter is worth twenty-five cents. A quarter is a quarter of a dollar. Four quarters make up a dollar. A dollar is worth one hundred cents.verb
1. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
e.g. The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne
We do not recognize your gods
Synonym: acknowledgerecogniseknow
2. perceive to be the same
Synonym: recognise
3. be fully aware or cognizant of
Synonym: recogniserealizerealiseagnizeagnise
4. express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
e.g. We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us
Synonym: acknowledgerecognise
5. express greetings upon meeting someone
Synonym: greetrecognise
6. detect with the senses
e.g. The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
I can't make out the faces in this photograph
Synonym: spotrecognisedistinguishdiscernpick outmake outtell apart
7. grant credentials to
e.g. The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
recognize an academic degree
Synonym: accreditrecognise
8. show approval or appreciation of
e.g. My work is not recognized by anybody!
The best student was recognized by the Dean
Synonym: recognise
9. exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
noun
1. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
2. five dollars worth of a drug
e.g. a nickel bag of drugs
a nickel deck of heroin
Synonym: nickel note
3. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion
used in alloys
occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Synonym: Niatomic number 28
noun
1. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
Synonym: centcentime
2. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom
equal to one hundredth of a pound
noun
1. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
e.g. he surrendered but asked for quarter
2. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
3. the rear part of a ship
Synonym: sternafter partpooptail
4. a district of a city having some distinguishing character
e.g. the Latin Quarter
5. an unspecified person
e.g. he dropped a word in the right quarter
6. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
e.g. he fed four quarters into the slot machine
7. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
9. one of four equal parts
e.g. a quarter of a pound
Synonym: one-fourthfourthone-quarterfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern
10. one of the four major division of the compass
e.g. the wind is coming from that quarter
11. a fourth part of a year
three months
e.g. unemployment fell during the last quarter
12. one of four periods into which the school year is divided
e.g. the fall quarter ends at Christmas
13. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
e.g. it's a quarter til 4
a quarter after 4 o'clock
14. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
e.g. both teams scored in the first quarter
noun
1. a way of doing or being
e.g. in no wise
in this wise