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penny

/pen-ee/US // ˈpɛn i //UK // (ˈpɛnɪ) //

分钱,分数,分币,分文不取

Related Words

quarters四分之一,四个月,季度,四个月的时间silver银,银色,白银,银色的copper铜,铜器,铜矿,铜制pennies便士,一分钱,分币,一分钱硬币coins硬币,钱币,金币,币nickels镍币,五角钱,镍矿,镍dimes镚儿,一角钱,一角硬币,一分钱cent分,分钱,分数,分值copper penny铜钱,铜币,铜板,铜笔farthing远东,远方,远兴,远东地区hill of beans豆山,豆子山,豆蔻年华,豆子山庄chicken feed鸡饲料,鸡肉饲料,鸡的饲料,养鸡场pin money销金,销费,销金币,销金术pocket money零用钱,零花钱,零用金,零用錢spending money花钱,花钱的地方,花费的钱,花钱的事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pen·nies, pence.

    • : a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
    • : a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
    • : Also called new penny . a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
    • : a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
    • : a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
    • : the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.

Phrases

  • penny for your thoughts, a
  • penny pincher
  • penny saved is a penny earned, a
  • penny wise and pound foolish
  • in for a penny, in for a pound
  • pinch pennies
  • pretty penny
  • turn up (like a bad penny)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inred cent
Forms: pence
Synonyms
cent分,分钱,分数,分值copper penny铜钱,铜币,铜板,铜笔farthing远东,远方,远兴,远东地区hill of beans豆山,豆子山,豆蔻年华,豆子山庄
as inchange
Forms: pence
Synonyms
coins硬币,钱币,金币,币copper铜,铜器,铜矿,铜制dimes镚儿,一角钱,一角硬币,一分钱nickels镍币,五角钱,镍矿,镍pennies便士,一分钱,分币,一分钱硬币quarters四分之一,四个月,季度,四个月的时间silver银,银色,白银,银色的chicken feed鸡饲料,鸡肉饲料,鸡的饲料,养鸡场pin money销金,销费,销金币,销金术pocket money零用钱,零花钱,零用金,零用錢spending money花钱,花钱的地方,花费的钱,花钱的事

Examples

  • In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making stocks, including the crazy surge in GameStop.

  • Phil Knight, who with his wife, Penny, made the second- and third-largest donations last year according to the Chronicle, increased his wealth by about 77% over the same March-to-December period.

  • While most prison jobs pay pennies on the hour, a few prison jobs, such as making furniture, pay $1 an hour, Bryant said.

  • In this case, fixing just the worst fridges would cut vaccine damage in half and save lives for pennies on the dollar.

  • Now, Watson can answer 75% of the questions people ask, and Otsego County has started paying for the service, which Pokorny says costs “pennies” per conversation.

  • They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.

  • “Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

  • She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.

  • “I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.

  • While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.

  • In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.

  • Since the end of 1847, not a penny has come into his own pocket either through piano-playing and conducting, or through teaching.

  • A system of supplying school-children with penny dinners is the latest philanthropic movement.

  • In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.

  • The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.

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