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penny
- IPA[ˈpɛni]
英式
- a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound;a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound.
noun: penny, plural noun: pence
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound calls are charged at fifty pence a minute a fifty-pence piece
- ▪ a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound.
- ▪ North American a one-cent coin.
- ▪ (in biblical use) a denarius.
- 2. a small sum of money any chance to save a few pennies is welcome
- ▪ used for emphasis to denote no money at all we didn't get paid a penny