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   pen·ny

   /ˈpenē/

   noun

   • 1. a one-cent coin equal to one hundredth of a dollar. North American
   • ▪ a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound.
   • ▪ a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twelfth of a shilling and one 240th of a pound.
   • ▪ a small sum of money: "in the current economic situation any chance to save a few pennies is welcome"
   • ▪ (in biblical use) a denarius.
   • 2. used for emphasis to denote no money at all: "we didn't get paid a penny"

   Word Origin Old Englishpenig, penning of Germanic origin; related to Dutch penning, German Pfennig, perhaps also to pawn2 and (with reference to shape) pan1.

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