[pen-ee] 
noun, plural pen⋅nies, (especially collectively for 2, 3) pence, adjective | 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. Abbreviation: p |
| 3. | 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. Abbreviation: 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. | Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market. |
| 7. | a bad penny, someone or something undesirable. |
| 8. | a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny. |
| 9. | Chiefly British Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory. |
| 10. | 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. |
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