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1. (n.) penny
a monetary unit of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S., equal to
2. penny
Also called
3. penny
a monetary unit equal to
4. penny
a unit of currency in the Republic of Ireland, equal to
5. penny
a sum of money:
to spend every penny.
6. penny
the unit of measurement describing the size of a nail in standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. Abbr.: d
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) penny
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
2. (noun) penny, cent, centime
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
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1. (noun) penny
a one cent coin in the U.S.
a shiny penny
2. penny
a one-penny coin in the U.K.
a few pence in his pocket
3. penny
every penny
all the money
He won a million dollars and has spent every penny.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) penny
denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds
2. (adj) penny
worth or costing one penny
3. (noun) penny
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)
4. (noun) penny
any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver
5. (noun) penny
money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny
6. (noun) penny
see Denarius
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. penny
originally a silver coin, weighed in the 7th century 1/240-th of a Saxon pound, but decreased in weight till in Elizabeth's time it was 1/63 of an ounce troy. It was at first indented with a cross so as to be broken for halfpennies and farthings, but silver coins of these denominations were coined by Edward I. Edward VI. stopped the farthings, and the halfpence were stopped in the Commonwealth. Copper coinage was established in 1672. The present coins were issued first in 1860. They are half the size of their predecessors, and intrinsically worth one-seventh of their nominal value.
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Sense: in British currency, the hundredth part of `1
It costs seventy-five pence; Oranges, 12p each.
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 Afrikaans: pennie |
 Arabic: بِنس: نُقود إنجليزيَّه |
 Bulgarian: пени |
 Brazilian: penny |
 Czech: penny |
 German: der Penny |
 Danish: penny |
 Greek: πένα |
 Spanish: penique, centavo |
 Estonian: penn |
 Farsi: پنی |
 Finnish: penni |
 French: penny |
 Hebrew: פֶּנִי |
 Hindi: पेनी, ब्रिटिश मुद्रा |
 Croatian: britanski novac, peni |
 Hungarian: penny |
 Indonesian: ketip |
 Icelandic: pennÿ |
 Italian: penny |
 Japanese: ペニー |
 Korean: 1페니 |
 Lithuanian: pensas |
 Latvian: penijs, penss |
 Malay: peni |
 Dutch: penny |
 Norwegian: penny, cent |
 Polish: pens |
 Persian: پنی |
 Pashto: دانګريزي پيسو واحد: ( په |
 Portuguese: penny |
 Romanian: penny |
 Russian: пенни, пенс |
 Slovak: penny |
 Slovenian: peni |
 Serbian: peni |
 Swedish: penny |
 Thai: เหรียญเพนนีของอังกฤษมีค่า |
 Turkish: peni |
 Taiwanese: 便士(英國輔幣單位) |
 Ukrainian: пенс |
 Urdu: برطانوي کرنسي ميں ايک کا |
 Vietnamese: xu |
 Chinese: 便士（英国辅币单位） |
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