Penny

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Worth or costing one penny.

II. Penny ·noun ·see Denarius.

III. Penny ·noun Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.

IV. Penny ·noun Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.

V. Penny ·adj Denoting pound weight for one thousand;

— used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.

VI. Penny ·noun An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents;

— usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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