penny

penny
/'peni/ * danh từ, số nhiều pence chỉ giá trị, pennies chỉ số đồng tiền - đồng xu penni (1 qoành 2 silinh) =it costs ten pence+ cái đó giá 10 xu =he gave me my change in pennies+ anh ấy trả lại tiền tôi bằng xu lẻ - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) đồng xu (1 qoành 00 đô la) - (nghĩa bóng) số tiền =a pretty penny+ một số tiền kha khá !in for a penny, in for a pound - việc đã làm thì phải làm đến nơi đến chốn !a penny for your thoughts? - anh đang nghĩ gì mà mê mải thế? !a penny blood (dreadful) - tiểu thuyết rùng rợn !a penny plain and twopence coloured - một áo trắng đụp hai màu (chế những người ăn mặc loè loẹt...) !a penny saved is penny gainef - tiết kiệm đồng nào hay đồng ấy !to look twice at every penny - chú ý từng xu !take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves - nhịn trầu mua trâu !to turn an honest penny - làm ăn lương thiện

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  • penny — [ peni ] n. m. • v. 1450; mot angl. ♦ Un penny, des pence [ pɛns ]. Monnaie anglaise, autrefois le douzième du shilling; depuis l adoption du système décimal, le centième de la livre. « gigotant d un mauvais pied pour un penny, pour deux pences… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • PENNY — ist: eine alte Währungseinheit und Münze im englischen Sprachraum, siehe Penny (Münze) eine davon abgeleitete Bezeichnung für amerikanische Cents Kurzbezeichnung für die englische Briefmarke One Penny Black, die ab 1840 ausgegeben wurde eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Penny — Pen*ny, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Penny — ist: eine alte Währungseinheit und Münze im englischen Sprachraum, siehe Penny (Münze) eine umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für die 1 Cent Münze (Vereinigte Staaten) Kurzbezeichnung für die englische Briefmarke One Penny Black, die ab 1840… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • penny — ► NOUN (pl. pennies (for separate coins); pence (for a sum of money)) 1) a British bronze coin worth one hundredth of a pound. 2) a former British coin worth one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound. 3) N. Amer. informal a one cent coin. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • Penny — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La palabra inglesa Penny puede referirse a: Personajes ficticios Penny, un personaje de la comedia The Big Bang Theory. Penny, un personaje de la serie Lost. Penny Halliwell, personaje de ficción de la serie… …   Wikipedia Español

  • penny — O.E. pening, penig penny, from P.Gmc. *panninggaz (Cf. O.N. penningr, Swed. pänning, O.Fris. panning, M.Du. pennic, O.H.G. pfenning, Ger. Pfennig, not recorded in Gothic, where skatts is used instead), of unknown origin. The English coin was… …   Etymology dictionary

  • penny — [pen′ē] n. pl. for 1 a & b, pence; for 1 c, 2 4, pennies [ME peny < OE penig, pening, akin to Ger pfennig: < ? early WGmc borrowing < L pannus, cloth: see PAWN1] 1. in the United Kingdom and certain other countries, a) a monetary unit… …   English World dictionary

  • penny — pen‧ny [ˈpeni] noun [countable] 1. abbreviation p pence PLURALFORM a unit of money used in Britain since 1971. There are 100 pence in one pound: • It only costs a few pence …   Financial and business terms

  • Penny — Pen ny, a. Worth or costing one penny. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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