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—pennied, adj.n.1. a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent.2. Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbr.: p3. a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbr.: d.4. a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.5. the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny.6. a bad penny, someone or something undesirable.7. a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny.8. Chiefly Brit. Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory.9. turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life.adj.10. Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.[bef. 900; ME peni, OE penig, paenig, pen(n)ing, pending, c. OFris penning, panning, OS, D penning, OHG pfenning, phantinc, phenting (G Pfennig), ON penningr (perh. < OE); < WGmc or Gmc *pandingaz, prob. equiv. to *pand- PAWN2 + *-ingaz -ING3]
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Universalium. 2010.