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Penny
/ˈpeni/
A small coin or unit of currency typically equal to one hundredth of a dollar in the US, or one hundredth of a pound in the UK.
Synonyms:
cent
coin
token
sou
wheatie
Antonyms:
dollar
pound
euro
quids
bills
Examples:
'Would you like three
pence
?'
I will send her away, naked, without a
penny
!'
What pounds
pence
: about the armies and general machinery of civilisation?"
Etymology:
From Old English
pening,
related to the Old High German
pfennig
and the Dutch
penning
, indicating a coin.
Usage Statistics:
151 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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