PENNY
\pˈɛni], \pˈɛni], \p_ˈɛ_n_i]\
Definitions of PENNY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
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priced at 1 cent; "penny candy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
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Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
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See Denarius.
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Worth or costing one penny.
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Denoting pound weight for one thousand; - used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
By Oddity Software
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Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
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Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
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See Denarius.
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Worth or costing one penny.
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Denoting pound weight for one thousand; - used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
By Noah Webster.
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An English bronze coin, equal to one-twelfth of a shilling, or to two cents of United States money; colloquially, in the United States, a cent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A British coin, onetwelfth of a shilling, or 2 cents United States value.
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Any small coin, as a cent (U. S.).
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pennies or Pence, the former to denote the number of coins, the latter the amount of pennies in value.
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A copper coin, the twelfth part of a shilling; a small sum; money; a denarius.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.