penny

penny is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
2. 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).
3. noun. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
4. noun. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
5. noun. See Denarius.
6. adjective. Worth or costing one penny.
7. noun. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

   Synonyms: cent, centime

8. noun. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

Synonyms

cent, centime

Common word forms

pennied, pennies

Words from these letters

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