penny

pen-ny · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound in the UK or one hundredth of a dollar in the US and Canada.

  2. 2.

    A small sum of money; used to emphasize the triviality of an amount.

  3. 3.

    (British, historical) A former British coin worth one twelfth of a shilling.

Forms

plural: pennies

Related words

See also: cent, coin, currency
Synonyms: cent, copper

Etymology

From Old English penig, of Germanic origin, related to German Pfennig.