Definitions for pennyweight
ˈpɛn iˌweɪtpen·ny·weight

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pennyweightnoun

   a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pennyweightnoun

   A former unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or 1/20th of a troy ounce

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennyweightnoun

   A weight containing twenty-four grains troy weight.

   Etymology: penny and weight.

   The Sevil piece of Eight is 1 ½ pennyweight in the pound worse than the English standard, weighs fourteen pennyweight, contains thirteen pennyweight, twenty-one grains and fifteen mites, of which there are twenty in the grain of sterling silver, and is in value forty-three English pence and eleven hundredths of a penny. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennyweight

   A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1⁄20 of a troy ounce, 1⁄240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams. It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennyweightnoun

   a troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Pennyweight

   A pennyweight is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, ¹⁄20 of a troy ounce, ¹⁄240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grammes. In the Middle Ages, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, ¹⁄20 of an ounce and ¹⁄240 of a pound of sterling silver. At the time, the pound in use was the Tower pound. The medieval English pennyweight was thus equal to 32 Tower grains. When Troy weights replaced Tower weights in 1527, the Troy weights were defined in such a way that the old Tower pound came out to exactly 5400 Troy grains, the Tower pennyweight 22¹⁄2 Troy grains. After 1527, the English pennyweight was the Troy pennyweight. The Troy pound and the pennyweight lost their official status in the United Kingdom in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878; only the Troy ounce and its decimal subdivisions remained official. The Troy ounce enjoys a specific legal exemption from metrication in the UK. The pennyweight is the common weight used in the valuation and measurement of precious metals. Jewelers use the pennyweight in calculating the amount and cost of precious metals used in fabricating or casting jewellery. Similarly, dentists and dental labs still use the pennyweight as the measure of precious metals in dental crowns and inlays.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennyweight

   Anciently, before standard weights came into use, the weight of a Norman silver penny.

Matched Categories

1. • Troy Unit

How to pronounce pennyweight?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pennyweight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pennyweight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pennyweight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pennyweight
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pennyweight
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyweight
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pennyweight
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pennyweight
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=pennyweight