Penny jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

penny

amerikai:

brit:

Főnév

1. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.

2. In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.

3. In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

4. In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

5. In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

6. A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

7. Money in general.

to turn an honest penny

Ige

1. To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.

Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.

2. To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.