Penney

[pen-ee]

noun

J(ames) C(ash),1875–1971, U.S. retail merchant.

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Contemporary Examples of penney

Activist investor Bill Ackman had sought to remake Penney under the leadership of former Apple executive Ron Johnson.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Activist Investors
CNBC
August 15, 2013
There's a reason that department stores have spent the last two decades going out of business; it now seems to be Penney's turn.
The Real Lesson of JC Penney: Sometimes, You're Stuck
Megan McArdle
April 11, 2013
I'm a fan of the old Penney's and thought there was little that was wrong with it.
I Would Leave Journalism to Help Rescue JCPenney's
Michael Tomasky
April 9, 2013
But Daniel doesn't look at it from a Penney's point of view, which is more interesting to me.
I Would Leave Journalism to Help Rescue JCPenney's
Michael Tomasky
April 9, 2013

Historical Examples of penney

Parker said Attorney Penney took his testimony after the shooting.
Shadow and Light
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
All of us will watch with much interest the Penney Law of Michigan.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the
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Senator Penney: The law has a section in it providing for defacing and damaging the trees or cutting them down.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the
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British Dictionary definitions for penney

Penney

noun

William George, Baron Penney of East Hendred. 1909–91, British mathematician. He worked on the first atomic bomb and became chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (1964–67)

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