penny

Etymology
From, , from , , , from , from , of uncertain origin (see that page for theories). .

Noun

 * 1)  In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth $1/undefined$ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
 * 2) In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth $1/undefined$ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
 * 3)  In Ireland, a coin worth $1/undefined$ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
 * 4) In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth $1/undefined$ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
 * 5) In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
 * 6) A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
 * 7) Money in general.
 * 1) In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
 * 2) A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
 * 3) Money in general.

Usage notes
The plural is only used as a unit of currency. The plural is used for other cases, in particular when referring to multiple individual coins.

Compounds (,, and so on up to , but not eleven pence or any higher) should be read with the stress on the first syllable and a reduced  in pence. Thus, , and so on.

Synonyms

 * (old-fashioned)
 * (old-fashioned)

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: pingin
 * Luhya: litong'olo
 * Macedonian: пе́ни
 * Malay: peni
 * Marathi: पेनी
 * Norman: pénîn
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: penny
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: بِنْس
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: penco
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: פֶּנִי
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: pingin, pinginí, pingneacha, pingineacha
 * Japanese: ペニー
 * Korean: 페니
 * Macedonian: пе́ни
 * Malay: peni
 * Maori: kapa, pene
 * Marathi: पेनी, पेन्स
 * Norman: pénîn
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: penny
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese: (B),  (P)
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgillinn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เพนนี
 * Turkish:
 * Uyghur: پەنى, پەنس
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * 1)  To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
 * Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.
 * 1)  To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
 * 2)  During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at  and swaps at.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  penny division of a pound

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