- a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- the sum of half a penny.
- of the price or value of a halfpenny.
- of little value; worthless: a halfpenny matter.
- (of newspapers) sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so.
- a small British coin worth half a new penny, withdrawn from circulation in 1985
- an old British coin worth half an old penny
- the sum represented by half a penny
- something of negligible value
- having the value or price of a halfpenny
- of negligible value
