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Penny

Penny Meaning & Definition
Penny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Penny?

[n] a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
[n] a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
[adj] priced at 1 cent; "penny candy"
[adj] (used in combination) priced as indicated; "`penny' is a combining form in such expressions as `sixpenny cakes'"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Penny: cent | centime | priced

Related Terms | Find terms related to Penny: bawbee | buck | C | cartwheel | cent | century | C-note | copper | crown | dime | dollar | dollar bill | farthing | fifty cents | fin | fish | five cents | five hundred dollars | five-dollar bill | five-hundred-dollar bill | fiver | five-spot | florin | four bits | fourpence | fourpenny | frogskin | G | G-note | grand | groat | guinea | half a C | half crown | half dollar | half G | half grand | halfpenny | hundred-dollar bill | iron man | mag | meg | mill | mite | monkey | new pence | nickel | np | p | pence | pony | pound | quarter | quid | red cent | sawbuck | shilling | silver dollar | sixpence | skin | smacker | ten cents | tenner | ten-spot | thousand dollars | thousand-dollar bill | threepence | threepenny bit | thrippence | tuppence | twenty-dollar bill | twenty-five cents | two bits | two-dollar bill | twopence | two-spot | yard

See Also | British pound | coin | copper | fractional monetary unit | Irish pound | new penny | pound | pound sterling | punt | quid | subunit

Penny In Webster's Dictionary

\Pen"ny\, a. [Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound.] Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
\Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: ``The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.'' --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo["o]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
\Pen"ny\, a. Worth or costing one penny.

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