Definitions for Penny

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Penny pen·ny

Spelling: [pen-ee]

IPA: /ˈpɛn i/

Penny is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Penny (ennpy).

Definitions for Penny

noun

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:
5. the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny.
6. a female given name, form of Penelope.

Idioms

1. a bad penny, someone or something undesirable.
2. a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money:
3. spend a penny, Chiefly British Slang. to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory.
4. turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means:

adjective

1. Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock:

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, phentin

Examples for Penny

Then the director, penny Marshall, encouraged him to drop some of the literal behavior and put more of himself into the character.

Obulus, (plural Oboli)—A small coin, about the value of a penny.

Sir, you once gave me a penny, and you have since embezzled my fortune.

While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.

To her, the blaze of the Set's smartness was but the flicker of a penny dip.

If she was gone he would spend every penny he had to find her!

He spared no expense, which he could well afford, seeing that he never paid a penny.

They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.

Maupin assured the publication he had not “spent a penny” in a strip club.

“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney penny Brill in court yesterday.