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penny
[ pen-ee ]
/ ˈpɛn i /
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noun, plural pen·nies, (especially collectively for 3, 4) pence.
adjective
Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.
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Origin of penny
First recorded before 900; Middle English peni, Old English penig, pænig, pen(n)ning, pending, cognate with Old Frisian penning, panning, Old Saxon, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, phantinc, phenting (German Pfennig ), Old Norse penningr (perhaps from Old English ); from unattested West Germanic or Germanic pandingaz, probably equivalent to unattested pand- + unattested -ingaz; see -ing3. The origin of spend a penny is from the former cost of using a public lavatory
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pen·nied, adjectiveun·pen·nied, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH penny
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British Dictionary definitions for penny
penny
/ (ˈpɛnɪ) /
noun plural pennies or pence (pɛns)
Word Origin for penny
Old English penig, pening; related to Old Saxon penni (n) g, Old High German pfeni (n) c, German Pfennig
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