'penny' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'penny' with 13 example sentences.
- penny noun
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: a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
I didn't spend a penny.
A penny spent is often more useful than one saved.
How many pennies does it take to make one pound?
His ideas never earned him a single penny.
She has to count every penny.
This book is worth every penny.
He robbed me of every penny I had.
I bet Dave paid a pretty penny for his new car.
The oranges cost 7 pence each.
I offered him fifty pence and he accepted.
I don't have a penny to my name.
It's only six pence per second.
The matches cost ten pennies.