Penny word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "penny" word
[noun] a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
[adjective] priced at 1 cent; "penny candy"
[adjective] (used in combination) priced as indicated; "`penny' is a combining form in such expressions as `sixpenny cakes'"
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\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.
Synonyms for penny
cent, centime, priced
See also: British pound | coin | copper | fractional monetary unit | Irish pound | new penny | pound | pound sterling | punt | quid | subunit |
Related terms: C, C-note, cartwheel, dollar bill, farthing, five cents, grand, groat, iron man, mill, pony, quarter, sawbuck, silver dollar, sixpence, skin, ten cents, tenner, thousand-dollar bill, tuppence, twenty-five cents, two-dollar bill
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Let's analyse "penny" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YNNEP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1295 milliseconds. [info]
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penny: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 (or 3 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Five. |
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