not a penny less/more

idiom

: no less or no more than a certain amount of money

I'll do the job for 100 dollars and not a penny less.

I'll pay you 100 dollars and not a penny more.

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For example, some spouses receive not a penny more from earning more and paying, in conjection with their employers, additional Social Security taxes. —

Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 And of course Doncic will get the maximum and not a penny less. —

Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021

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