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English words, with meanings in Nepali. नेपाली

ENGLISH → NEPALI

penniless

/pɛniləs/adjective
01
adjective

कुनै देशको मुद्रा प्रणालीको सन्दर्भमा, पूर्ण दशमलवीय मुद्रा भए पनि नगद कारोबारलाई पूर्णाङ्कन गरी पेनी सिक्काको प्रयोग नगर्ने अवस्था (तर बिना नगद हुने कारोबारमा भने नहुन सक्छ)

Of a country's system of money, abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, by means of rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).

In a sentence

Canada became a penniless country in 2013 simply by rounding its cash transactions to the nearest nickel but otherwise not changing anything.

क्यानाडा सन् २०१३ मा आफ्ना नगद कारोबारलाई नजिकको निकलसम्म पूर्णाङ्कन गरेर मात्र पेनी-विहीन देश बन्यो, अन्यथा केही परिवर्तन भएन।

A note on usage

not-comparable

02
adjective

अलिकति पनि पैसा नभएको

Lacking even the smallest amount of money.

In a sentence

In societies without national insurance of any kind, almshouses are the last refuge of penniless people.

कुनै किसिमको राष्ट्रिय बीमा नभएका समाजमा, भिक्षालयहरू निर्धन मानिसहरूको अन्तिम आश्रय हुन्।

In a functioning digital economy, being cashless is far different from being penniless, because cash is merely one form of money; but some preppers hoard gold in case the system gets destroyed and cashlessness suddenly becomes pennilessness.

एक सञ्चालित डिजिटल अर्थतन्त्रमा, नगद-विहीन हुनु निर्धन हुनुभन्दा धेरै फरक हो, किनभने नगद धनको एउटा मात्र रूप हो; तर केही तयारी गर्नेहरूले प्रणाली नष्ट भएमा नगद-विहीनता अचानक निर्धनता नहोस् भनेर सुन जम्मा गर्छन्।

A note on usage

figuratively; not-comparable