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Penny

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Noun

a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent.
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
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.
a sum of money
He spent every penny he ever earned.
the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny.

Adjective

Stock Exchange . of, pertaining to, or being penny stock
frenzied speculation in the penny market.

Idioms

a bad penny
someone or something undesirable.
a pretty penny
Informal . a considerable sum of money
Their car must have cost them a pretty penny.
Chiefly British Slang . spend a penny
to urinate
from the former cost of using a public lavatory.
turn an honest penny
to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means
He's never turned an honest penny in his life.

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