The phrase "a penny between" is not a standard expression in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could potentially be used in a context discussing a small amount of money or a minimal difference, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "There was only a penny between their bids, making the auction quite competitive."
Alternatives: "a small amount apart" or "a negligible difference".
Even though a text message usually costs the carriers less than a penny to route between mobile phones, they charge customers as much as 20 cents to send a text and another 20 cents to receive one.
Despite the fact that he'd released ten high-selling (and great) records, he says he didn't receive a penny in royalties between 1967 and 1994.
When an opera singer does it, though, you get not just sweet, high-pitched head tones but a kind of bellows-driven sound coming up from the lungs; it's like the difference between a penny whistle and a flute.
Generally speaking, while some ad placements — like those on a site's home page — go for a significant premium, pages of individual articles, if sold at the going rates, bring in between a penny and nickel each time a reader looks at one.
The great Art Tatum, for example, may call for a special set of adjectives, but the script gushes over, saying that "he had an ear for pitch so uncanny he could tell the difference between a penny and a dime dropped on a table by the sound it made".
That is because even a penny or two difference between actual earnings and the consensus can lead to a big swing in a stock's price.
For decades, various Florida councils, committees and commissions have concluded that a small fee on groundwater withdrawals — between a penny and 20 cents for every 1,000 gallons — would reduce pumping and fund water-resource protection with "minimal adverse economic impacts" to industry and agriculture, according to one analysis by Chase Securities.
For a bribe of between half a penny and one and a half pence per gallon, a typical British customs official was willing to shrink the reported amount of non-British molasses on board a ship by a factor of ten.
But a few simple steps by donors – without throwing in a penny more – could spell the difference between life and death for some charities.
