penny 音标拼音: [p'ɛni]
n . 便士,一分,小钱
便士,一分,小钱
penny n 1 :
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom ;
equal to one hundredth of a pound 2 :
a coin worth one -
hundredth of the value of the basic unit [
synonym : {
penny }, {
cent }, {
centime }]
Penny \
Pen *
ny \,
n .;
pl . {
Pennies }
or {
Pence } (
p [
e ^]
ns ).
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 .
A former English coin ,
originally of copper ,
then 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 ).
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
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2 .
Any small sum or coin ;
a groat ;
a stiver . --
Shak .
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3 .
Money ,
in general ;
as ,
to turn an honest penny .
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What penny hath Rome borne ,
What men provided ,
what munition sent ? --
Shak .
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4 . (
Script .)
See {
Denarius }.
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{
Penny cress } (
Bot .),
an annual herb of the Mustard family ,
having round ,
flat pods like silver pennies ({
Thlaspi arvense }).
Also spelled {
pennycress }. --
Dr .
Prior .
{
Penny dog } (
Zool .),
a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain :
the tope .
{
Penny pincher }, {
Penny father },
a penurious person ;
a miser ;
a niggard .
The latter phrase is now obsolete . --
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 ;
penny -
wise ; --
used chiefly in the phrase ,
penny wise and pound foolish .
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Penny \
Pen "
ny \ (
p [
e ^]
n "
n [
y ^]),
a . [
Perh .
a corruption of pun ,
for pound .]
Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand ; --
used in combination ,
with respect to nails ;
as ,
tenpenny nails ,
nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds .
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Penny \
Pen "
ny \,
a .
Worth or costing one penny ;
as ,
penny candy .
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
penny ":
C ,
C -
note ,
G ,
G -
note ,
bawbee ,
buck ,
cartwheel ,
cent ,
century ,
copper ,
crown ,
dime ,
dollar ,
dollar bill ,
farthing ,
fifty cents ,
fin ,
fish ,
five cents ,
five hundred dollars ,
five -
dollar bill ,
five -
hundred -
dollar bill ,
five -
spot ,
fiver ,
florin ,
four bits ,
fourpence ,
fourpenny ,
frogskin ,
grand ,
groat ,
guinea ,
half G ,
half a C ,
half crown ,
half dollar ,
half grand ,
halfpenny ,
hundred -
dollar bill ,
iron man ,
mag ,
meg ,
mill ,
mite ,
monkey ,
new pence ,
nickel ,
np ,
p ,
pence ,
pony ,
pound ,
quarter ,
quid ,
red cent ,
sawbuck ,
shilling ,
silver dollar ,
sixpence ,
skin ,
smacker ,
ten cents ,
ten -
spot ,
tenner ,
thousand dollars ,
thousand -
dollar bill ,
threepence ,
threepenny bit ,
thrippence ,
tuppence ,
twenty -
dollar bill ,
twenty -
five cents ,
two bits ,
two -
dollar bill ,
two -
spot ,
twopence ,
yard
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