Pronunciations (7)
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/ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/
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- Canada
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/
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- General-American
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/ˈbɛnd͡ʒɚmɪn/
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- General-American
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/ˈbɪnd͡ʒəmɪn/
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- US
- pin-pen-merger
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/ˈbɪnd͡ʒɚmɪn/
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- US
- pin-pen-merger
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/ˈbend͡ʒəmɪn/
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- Australia
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/ˈbend͡ʒəmən/
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- New-Zealand
Proper noun
The youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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What about the youngest child - the Benjamin - the child of its parents' mature strength and charity, always better treated than the unfortunate eldest children of their youthful ignorance and wilfulness?
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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- Uncountable
- Related words
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"Well, who the hell ever thinks some boy with a name like Benjamin is going to kill someone?" I said. "It's like someone named Winnie the Pooh taking hostages!"
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For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.
A small city, the county seat of Knox County, Texas, United States.
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- Uncountable
A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.
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- Uncountable
Noun
A $100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
Usage- US usage
- in-plural
- often
- Slang
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Fuck the past, let's dwell on the 500SL, the E&J and ginger ale / The way my pockets swell to the rims with Benjamins
Swimmin' in women wit they own condominiums / Five plus fives, who drive millenniums / It's all about the Benjamins, what?
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Health Care: It's All About the Benjamins [title]
Sneering through gold grillz, inked to the neck in bad tattoos and representing my area code, Franco leads the spring breakers through a stylized, mtv version of thug life, replete with drugs, guns, Benjamins and booty call.
He pursed his lips, went to the cash register, and opened it. He pulled out two Benjamins and a US Grant, which he set down on the glass case before me.