All the while they paid the germans in small coin.

在这段期间，他们给德国人一些小恩惠。

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As a noun it is a small coin, or else a thing or person of no great consequence.

用作名词时，它是指一枚小钱币，或是没有多大价值的人或事。

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On the other side of the coin, there'll be tax incentives for small businesses.

另一方面，会有税收政策激励小型经营者。

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Bluetooth low energy runs off a small coin cell battery, lasts about a year, and allows a small tag to send data to a phone.

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Broadly, instead of using simple supply and demand, it explains changes in the demand for one asset (a small silver coin, say) relative to another (a large coin) in terms of changes in the rate of return that the holder of the assets can expect from each.

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The probability of an even result with a lopsided coin is small.

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