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{
"term": "penny",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a small British coin and unit of money. There are 100 pence in one pound (£1).",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had a few pennies in his pocket."
},
{
"text": "That will be 45 pence, please."
},
{
"text": "They cost 20p each."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a British coin in use until 1971. There were twelve pennies in one shilling and twenty shillings in a pound.",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a cent",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The fee ranges from a few pennies to $30 or more."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "all of the money",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We collected £700 and every penny went to charity."
},
{
"text": "She’s on a high salary but I’m sure she deserves every penny."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that since you have started to do something, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in order to complete it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "no money at all",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It didn't cost a penny."
},
{
"text": "He has never paid me a penny."
},
{
"text": "She hasn’t got a penny to her name."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody has finally understood or realized something that they had not understood or realized before",
"labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had to explain the joke to her a couple of times before the penny dropped."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to ask somebody what they are thinking about",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to spend as little money as possible",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a lot of money",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I bet that cost you a pretty penny."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to appear when they are not welcome or not wanted, especially when this happens regularly",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very common and therefore not valuable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Teachers of history are ten a penny."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpeni/",
"audio": "pe/penny/penny__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pens/",
"audio": "pe/penny/pence__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpeni/",
"audio": "pe/penny/penny__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pens/",
"audio": "pe/penny/pence__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English penig, penning of Germanic origin; related to Dutch penning, German Pfennig, perhaps also to the verb pawn and (with reference to shape) pan."
}