Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of penny is as below...

Pennyroyal :: Pennyroyal (n.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor..

Penny :: Penny (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny..

Threepenny :: Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean..

Picayune :: Picayune (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.

Farthing :: Farthing (n.) The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency..

Penny :: Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..

True-penny :: True-penny (n.) An honest fellow.

Sixpenny :: Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf..

Pickpenny :: Pickpenny (n.) A miser; also, a sharper..

Rap :: Rap (n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

Bawbee :: Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.

Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.

Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.

Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..

Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.

Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.

Penny :: Penny (n.) See Denarius.

Get-penny :: Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.

Random Fonts

Most Popular