[ˈpɛni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound
(e.g: calls are charged at fifty pence a minute)

- a small sum of money
(e.g: any chance to save a few pennies is welcome)


Phrases:
- a bad penny always turns up
- a penny for your thoughts
- be ten a penny
- count pennies
- every penny
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
- pennies from heaven
- the penny dropped
- watch the pennies

Origin:
Old English penig, penning of Germanic origin; related to Dutch penning, German Pfennig, perhaps also to pawn and (with reference to shape) pan