- a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
- a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
- a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
- a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
- a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
- the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.
- of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.
- someone or something undesirable.
- a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny.
- to urinate.
- to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life.
- a female given name, form of Penelope.
- (in Britain) a bronze coin having a value equal to one hundredth of a pound
- (in Britain before 1971) a bronze or copper coin having a value equal to one twelfth of a shilling or one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound
- a former monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland worth one hundredth of a pound
- (in the US and Canada) a cent
- a coin of similar value, as used in several other countries
- the least amount of money
- an objectionable person or thing (esp in the phrase turn up like a bad penny)
- a considerable sum of money
- to urinate
- the explanation of something was finally realized
- plentiful but of little value
