penny
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- noun
- /ˈpɛni/
:
centavo
- I found a shiny penny on the sidewalk this morning.
- spend every penny
- never earned a penny
- a few pennies
Yeah, they get a few ad pennies from Google.
- Yeah, they get a few ad pennies from Google.
- Yeah, and for pennies you can be eating this stuff.
- It won't cost you a penny, but you just need to sign up.
- It was worth every single penny that we paid to go see it.
- Well, always pennies or fractions of pennies per view.
- No, it isn't, Because back then a penny was made of copper.
- I've not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever.
- Don't put a penny down on a lease until you have.
- You are perfect at extracting every penny from your customers.
- Buying stuff with pennies, buying Gucci clothes with pennies, buying a whole trend.
Examples
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I've not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever.
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It was worth every penny.
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You paid a penny to enter and sit down.
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I found a lucky penny.
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It was worth every single penny that we paid to go see it.
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It won't cost you a penny, but you just need to sign up.
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Every penny of it.
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If this guy is who you think he's gonna be, he'll be the best thing that ever happened to this company and he'll be worth every penny.
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Occasionally, one will break from the stream of traffic and place a penny in Frank's outstretched palm.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mostly pennies.
Synonyms
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A small coin worth one hundredth of a dollar
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A small brown coin like a penny
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A small amount of something you can buy for one penny
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A small coin equal to one hundredth of a franc used in French-speaking countries
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A coin worth one hundredth of a pound first made in Britain in 1971
A small amount you can buy for one penny
Idioms
- Informal
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To ask someone what they are thinking when they have been silent
Compounds
- Informal
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A game people play for very small bets or something people think is not important
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word penny comes from the old English word pening, a name for a 'small coin' and the same family as German Pfennig and Dutch penning. So a penny still means the smallest coin or unit of money you carry as change.