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Definitions for Penny

[1] a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent.
[2] Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbreviation : p
[3] a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation : d.
[4] a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
[5] the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny.
[6] Stock Exchange . of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.
[7] a bad penny , someone or something undesirable.
[8] a pretty penny , Informal . a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny.
[9] spend a penny , Chiefly British Slang . to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory.
[10] turn an honest penny , to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life.
[11] a female given name, form of Penelope.
[12] Also called (formerly): new penny (in Britain) a bronze coin having a value equal to one hundredth of a pound Symbol: p
[13] (in Britain before 1971) a bronze or copper coin having a value equal to one twelfth of a shilling or one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound Abbreviation: d
[14] a former monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland worth one hundredth of a pound
[15] plural pennies (in the US and Canada) a cent
[16] a coin of similar value, as used in several other countries
[17] (used with a negative) informal , mainly British the least amount of money I don't have a penny
[18] a bad penny informal , mainly British an objectionable person or thing (esp in the phrase turn up like a bad penny )
[19] a pretty penny informal a considerable sum of money
[20] spend a penny British informal to urinate
[21] the penny dropped informal , mainly British the explanation of something was finally realized
[22] two a penny plentiful but of little value

Words related to Penny

quarters, silver, copper, pennies, nickels, dimes, cent, farthing

Words nearby Penny

pennoncel, pennsauken, pennsylvania, pennsylvania dutch, pennsylvanian, penny, penny ante, penny arcade, penny black, penny dreadful, penny for your thoughts, a

Origin of Penny

before 900; Middle English peni, Old English penig, pænig, pen(n)ing, pending, cognate with Old Frisian penning, panning, Old Saxon, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, phantinc, phenting (German Pfennig ), Old Norse penningr (perhaps < OE); < West Germanic or Germanic *pandingaz, probably equivalent to *pand- pawn2 + *-ingaz -ing3

Words that may be confused with Penny

penne, penny

Other words from Penny

pen·nied , adjective
un·pen·nied , adjective

Word origin for Penny

Old English penig, pening; related to Old Saxon penni (n ) g, Old High German pfeni (n ) c, German Pfennig

Synonyms for Penny

cent, copper penny, farthing, hill of beans