penny

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Definition of penny in English Turkish dictionary

{i} metelik

{i} sent

pound'un yüzde biri

{i} peni

Tasarruf edilen bir peni kazanılan bir penidir. - A penny saved is a penny earned.

Onun cebinde bir peni bile yoktur. - He doesn't even have a penny in his pocket.

{i} az miktarda para

{ç} pen.nies (pen'iz)/İng. pence (pens)

{i} kuruş

Tom'un kendi adına bir kuruşu yok. - Tom doesn't have a penny to his name.

Sahip olduğum her kuruşumu soydu. - He robbed me of every penny I had.

{i} İng. peni

ufak şeylerde tutumlu

penny for your toughts

(deyim) Ne düşünüyorsun (bilmek için para bile veririm)

penny has dropped

(deyim) Jeton düştü!

penny saved is penny got

kuruş kuruş kayıtlı var

penny-farthing

peni-çeyrek peni

penny-wise

ufak şeylerde tutumlu

penny-wise

ufak şeylerde tutumlu, büyük şeylerde müsrif (kimse)

{i} ucuz polisiye roman

penny dreadful

(isim) ucuz polisiye roman

penny gaff

ucuz gösteri tiyatrosu

penny pincher

cimri kimse. penny-wise and pound-foolish ufak şeylerde tutumlu, büyük şeylerde müsrif (kimse)

penny wise and pound foolish

ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif

battı balık yan gider

The penny dropped

Jeton düştü

The penny dropped

cost a pretty penny

pahalıya mal olmak/patlamak

Biri bu kavanozda kaç peni olduğunu tahmin edebilir mi? - Can anyone guess how many pennies are in this jar?

Kaç peni bir pound yapar? - How many pennies does it take to make one pound?

penniless

parasız

Sorun onun beş parasız olmasıdır. - The problem is that he is penniless.

Onun işi başarısız olduğunda, o beş parasız kaldı. - When his business failed, he was left penniless.

the penny has dropped

jeton düştü

turn an honest penny

namusuyla para kazanmak

A penny for your thoughts

k. dili Ne düşünüyorsunuz?

I haven´t a penny to my name

Hiç param yok

If for penny in for a pound

(Atasözü) Battı balık yan gider

a bad penny

Kötü bir kuruş

a penny for your thoughts

ne düşünüyorsun

a pretty penny

k. dili epeyce para, külliyetli miktarda para

bad penny

İstenmeyen şey

honest penny

(deyim) Az ama alın teriyle, dürüstçe kazanılan para

The student turns an honest penny by delivering bread early every morning.

i haven't a penny to my name

Adımı i yok bir kuruş

turn an honest penny

dürüstçe ve alın teri ile para kazanmak

you must touch penny

Eğer kuruş dokunmatik gerekir

a penny for your thoughts

(isim) düşünüyorsun

a tidy penny

epey para

cost a pretty penny

epey pahalıya mal olmak

cut smb. off with a penny

mirastan mahrum etmek

cut smb. off with a penny

mirastan bırakmamak

in for a penny in for a penny

battı balık yan gider

in for a penny in for a penny

öyle de battık böyle de

look twice at every penny

her kuruşun hesabını yapmak

look twice at every penny

cimrilik etmek

not worth a penny

beş para etmez

not worth a penny

beş kuruş etmez

pence

peni

Ona elli peni teklif ettim ve o kabul etti. - I offered him fifty pence and he accepted.

Saniyede altı peni Bob ona hatırlatıyor. - Six pence per second, Bob reminds her.

pence

i., İng., çoğ., bak. penny

penniless

{s} fakir

penniless

{s} beş parasız

Sorun onun beş parasız olmasıdır. - The problem is that he is penniless.

Onun işi başarısız olduğunda, o beş parasız kaldı. - When his business failed, he was left penniless.

penniless

{s} kopuk

penniless

{s} cebi delik

spend to the last penny

son kuruşuna kadar harcamak

turn an honest penny

namusu ile ekmeğini kazanmak

English - English

Definition of penny in English English dictionary: A diminutive of the female given name Penelope; In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢; In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p; In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d; To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door
Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.; In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling; To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket; In various countries, a small denomination copper or brass coin; A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d; {n} the 12th part of a shilling; diminutive of Penelope; Chief every-day coin until modern times Originally silver Later a large bronze coin; a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit; Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver; a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound; 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; emphasis If you say, for example, that you do not have a penny, or that something does not cost a penny, you are emphasizing that you do not have any money at all, or that something did not cost you any money at all. The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny; a small metal disc given to shoppers as a token of thanks for their purchases Once a lot of these have been collected, they are occasionally exchanged for other things or thrown into larger collections run by charities working to get these worthless bits of metal out of circulation Occasionally a slightly larger version is found, commonly known as a ‘tuppence’; a term used in designating nail sizes; In Britain, a penny is one hundredth of a pound, or a coin worth this amount of money. Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle. a shiny newly minted penny; As applied to nails, it originally indicated the price per hundred The term now series as a measure of nail length and is abbreviated by the letter d; The form pence is used for the plural of meaning 1; TR>; {i} coin of low value; British coin of low value; coin worth one cent (used in USA and Canada); fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the U.K; If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something; a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound; Common nail length Originally, nails were sold by "penny weight", or price per hundred; Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny; In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling; also formerly in Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p; Unit of measurement for nail length, e g , a 10d nail is 3 inches long (abbr d); Worth or costing one penny; A penny is one cent, or a coin worth one cent. Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon; A penny is a British coin used before 1971 that was worth one twelfth of a shilling; A term applied to nails that originally meant the price per hundred Today, it indicates nail length and is abbreviated with the letter "d," the English sign for one cent; (the initial of denarius); a 1¢ coin -- "Janet has 5 quarters, 7 dimes, 4 nickels, and 7 pennies " (211); Term used to indicate nail length; abbreviated by the letter "d" Applies to common, box, casing, and finishing nails; Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find. Leggy blondes are two a penny in Hollywood; To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the door frame and the door; Denoting pound weight for one thousand; used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds
Penny Black: The world's first official postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of postal reforms
Penny Blacks: plural form of Penny Black
penny ante: A small stake in gambling
penny ante: poker played for small stakes
penny ante: A small-scale business transaction
penny arcade: A venue for coin-operated devices, most notably during the 1930s
penny arcades: plural form of penny arcade
penny chew: A chew costing (or formerly costing) one penny
penny chews: plural form of penny chew
penny dreadful: A cheap pulp novel produced in 19th century Britain
penny dreadfuls: plural form of penny dreadful
penny farthing: A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one
penny for them: Form of penny for your thoughts
penny for your thoughts: Used to inquire into the thoughts and feelings of another, especially when the person appears pensive or conflicted
One day, as your ladyship was playing on the harpsichord to my master, Mr Jones was sitting in the next room, and methought he looked melancholy. La! says I, Mr Jones, what's the matter? a penny for your thoughts, says I.
penny in the fusebox: An improvised repair made with no regard for safety
The fix I made was just a penny in a fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real.
penny pincher: One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money
Over the years, he developed a reputation as a penny pincher who wouldn't spend money for anything.
penny pinchers: plural form of penny pincher
penny stock: A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar per share and quoted in cents
penny stocks: plural form of penny stock
penny whistles: plural form of penny whistle
penny wise and pound foolish: prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts
penny-farthing: An early bicycle having a large front wheel and much smaller rear one
penny-pincher: Alternative spelling of penny pincher
penny-pinching: reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
penny-pinching: reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
penny-pinching: Instance of extreme economy
penny-wise: Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money
penny-wise and pound-foolish: Thrifty about petty matters and wasteful about important matters
penny-wise pound-foolish: {s} capable of dealing with small things but unable to manage the larger issues
penny has dropped: (deyim) If the "penny has dropped" it means someone has finally realised the situation they are in after possibly being unaware of it for a long time, depending on the situation. The phrase dates back to the Victorian Era and the popular penny-slot arcades. The penny would often stick halfway down the slot and the user would then have to either wait, or give the machine a thump before the 'penny finally dropped' and they could begin playing
Penny Black: the first British stamp for sticking on envelopes. It was introduced in 1840, and its value was one penny, which was the cost of sending a letter by post in Britain. The stamp shows the head of Queen Victoria on a dark background, and stamp collectors consider it to be very important, although it is not the rarest British stamp
penny ante: poker played for small stakes a business deal on a trivial scale
penny ante: involving very small amounts of money, and not important
penny arcade: an arcade with coin-operated devices for entertainment
penny black: British postage stamp
penny dreadful: {i} low-quality or overly dramatic novel, dime novel (British)
penny for your thoughts: what are you thinking about
penny loafer: leather slip-on shoe with a slot on the vamp for carrying a single penny
penny pincher: A very stingy person
penny pincher: someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)
penny shares: Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a very low price
penny stock: a stock selling for less that $1/share
penny whistle: a musical instrument like a small pipe with six holes, that you play by blowing = tin whistle
penny wise and pound foolish: intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones
penny-farthing: A penny-farthing is an old-fashioned bicycle that had a very large front wheel and a small back wheel. a bicycle with a very large front wheel and a very small back wheel, used in the late 19th century
penny-pinch: spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
penny-pinching: disapproval Penny-pinching is the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards
penny-pinching: {s} cheap or stingy, miserly; unwilling to spend money
penny-pinching: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
penny-pinching: {i} cheapness, stinginess, miserliness; quality of being economical, thrift
penny-pinching: disapproval Penny-pinching people spend as little money as possible. small-minded penny-pinching administrators. unwilling to spend or give money mean
penny-pinching: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
penny-wise: thrifty in small matters only
penny-wise: capable or wise in dealing with small money matters or other small issues
Henny Penny: A fictional character in the children's story Chicken Licken, a hen, in some versions the main character
a penny saved is a penny earned: A penny not spent is beneficial to a person later on, as it is in one's pocket
bad penny: A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times
But as the perennial bad penny of British political life, he keeps turning up at embarrassing moments.
bad penny: A counterfeit or damaged penny
cost a pretty penny: To be expensive
Trying to be jolly.
don't be penny wise and pound foolish: Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere
don't be penny wise and pound foolish: Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts
in for a penny: Often used elliptical form of in for a penny, in for a pound
in for a penny, in for a pound: Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must “go the whole hog”
It appears to be a situation where the greenhouse proponents are in for a penny, in for a pound. As long as the myth needs to be kept alive, this is the inescapable conclusion.
new penny: Following decimalisation, the name given to the coin worth one hundredth of a pound sterling; now known simply as the penny. Symbol: p
old penny: The pre-decimalisation United Kingdom penny, 1/240 of an old pound. Symbol: d
old penny: A coin worth one old penny
pennies: An unspecified, but very small amount of money. (It costs only pennies per day.)
pennies: plural form of penny
penniless: Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor
A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.
pretty penny: A considerable amount of money; a high price or a high income
Schwarzman's firm makes a pretty penny in a number of finance fields.
shove ha'penny: A board game of physical skill and concentration usually played in pubs in Great Britain
spend a penny: To use the toilet
swarf-penny: money due to a castle guard at the end of his service
ten a penny: So common as to be practically worthless
People with your skills are ten a penny these days.
the penny drops: Understanding is reached, one comprehends
The penny drops as Fred realises he has been conned.
tuppenny-ha'penny: Very cheap
You’d think he’d lost a Rolex rather than that tuppenny-ha’penny old watch of his.
two a penny: very common; cheap
wheat penny: A US one cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse
worth every penny: Completely worthwhile
half-penny: {n} half a penny
pence: {n} of penny
penniless: {a} having no money, poor, wretched
bad penny: An unwanted thing that reappears or reoccurs repeatedly
the penny dropped: (deyim) When the penny drops, someone belatedly understands something that everyone else has long since understood
the penny drops: (deyim) When the penny drops, someone belatedly understands something that everyone else has long since understood
a penny for your thoughts: what are you thinking about?
a penny saved is a penny gained: by economizing a person can save up
bad penny: worthless coin
bright as a new penny(p): (metaphor) shining brightly
cost a pretty penny: was quite expensive
earles penny: Earnest money
earles penny: Same as Arles penny
earn an honest penny: earn money honestly, work for one's pay
earned a pretty penny: made a good profit
ha'penny: another spelling of halfpenny
ha'penny: {i} (British) halfpenny, coin that is used in the United Kingdom and is equal to half a penny (also halfpence)
in for a penny in for a pound: there's nothing to lose, don't start something you can't finish
it cost a pretty penny: it was quite expensive, it cost quite a lot
new penny: a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound
not a penny to his name: he is dirt poor, he has no money whatsoever
not a penny to one's name: lacks money, has absolutely no money, is very poor
pence: pl
pence: A plural of penny (the sub-unit of the pound sterling)
pence: see penny. A plural of penny. p a plural of penny
penni: {i} subunit of currency of Finland
penni: 100 penni equal 1 markka
pennies: plural of penny
pennies: Pennies is the plural of penny. Pennies is mainly used to refer only to coins, rather than to amounts. a plural of penny
penniless: Not having a penny, extremely poor, and having nothing of value
penniless: Destitute of money; impecunious; poor
penniless: not having enough money to pay for necessities
penniless: Someone who is penniless has hardly any money at all. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work. a penniless refugee. someone who is penniless has no money broke
penniless: {s} poor, lacking money, indigent
pretty penny: considerable amount of money, rather large amount of money
rome penny: See Peter pence, under Peter
saved every penny: saved all of his money, economized as much as possible
spend a penny: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
spend one's penny: urinate, pee
the penny dropped: understood slowly, only comprehended after a period of time
there's not a penny to his name: he has no wealth to speak of, he lives from day to day, he lives from hand to mouth
think one's penny silver: exaggerate one's own importance, act in a conceited manner, boast
turn an honest penny: earn an honest living, work at a respectable job to earn a salary
two-penny: cheap, inexpensive, having little value

penny

Hyphenation

pen·ny

Turkish pronunciation

peni

Synonyms

old penny, new penny, cent

Pronunciation

/ˈpenē/ /ˈpɛniː/

Etymology

[ 'pe-nE ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Old English penning, pennig possibly from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.

Common Collocations

penny pincher, penny pinchers, penny has dropped, penny pinching

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