Definition of penny

• a. - Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
• n. - 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).
• n. - Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
• n. - Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
• n. - See Denarius.
• a. - Worth or costing one penny.