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nickels

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nickels.

Editorial note

That also means it'd be cheaper to just buy the metals that are in the nickels than to buy the nickels if you wanted to bet on their price.

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Quick take

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nickels gathered in one view.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nickels.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Example sentences

1

That also means it'd be cheaper to just buy the metals that are in the nickels than to buy the nickels if you wanted to bet on their price.

2

As you said, simply stuffing cash (or nickels) under your mattress means you're losing some every day to inflation.

3

Secondly, just holding the nickels doesn't mean you're sure to not lose any money.

4

Maybe we'll continue to grow but the opportunity costs will mean it happens by pennies instead of by nickels.

5

NiFe hydrogenases are odd beasts too, their nickels are attached to sufurs and their irons are attached to carbon monoxides, although CO prefers nickels and S prefers iron.

6

Picking up nickels in front of steam roller doesn't seem like a great business model to me.

7

To put it another way, the difference between 1% and 7% is nickels not 100 dollar bills.

8

The business model Joel Spolsky referred to as grabbing nickels from the path of an on-coming steamroller.

9

They might even be able to take some of those extra nickels, hire more people and build even more services.

10

It's like switching from the poker game to the slot-machines so you can try to hit the jackpot with those last nickels.

11

Fortunately, the whole point of going to Hulu was that he doesn't have to count the nickels coming in through youtube ad revenue.

12

You're also losing all the potential gains of the other things you could be doing with that money other than piling up nickels.

Quote examples

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It wasn't even odds but I agree about "picking up nickels in front of steamrollers".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use nickels in a sentence?

That also means it'd be cheaper to just buy the metals that are in the nickels than to buy the nickels if you wanted to bet on their price.

What does nickels mean?

A surname originating as a patronymic.

What part of speech is nickels?

nickels is commonly used as noun.