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Look up: Penny

  1. penny
    [adj] - (used in combination) priced as indicated 2. [adj] - priced at 1 cent 3. [n] - a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom 4. [n] - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Penny
    Until modern times, the base unit of currency in Britain and the chief every-day coin. Originally silver. Later a large bronze coin.
    Found on http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/money.htm

  3. Penny
    (US Currency and Slang) - 1 cent coin.
    Found on http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/money.htm

  4. Penny
    Pre- decimal currency equal to approximately 1/2 one pence in today's money. There were 12 pennies in one Shilling and 20 Shillings in £1.00
    Found on http://www.leadminingmuseum.co.uk/Glossa

  5. penny
    Basic coin of English currency from about the 6th century, apparently named after Penda, king of Mercia. The penny was the only coin in general circulation until the 13th century and was defined in...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. penny
    a particular case of a Griffith crack having circular shape in the plane of the crack Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Penny
    As applied to nails, it originally indicated the price per hundred. The term now serves as a measure of nail length and is abbreviated by the letter 'D.'
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  8. penny
    Originally a standard silver coin used in medieval England which was derived from the Roman denarius -hence the pre-decimalisation abbreviation 'd'. Early pennies were sometimes cut in half or quarters to make halfpennies and fourthlings, or farthings, although these later became round coins in their own right. The first copper pennies were minted ...
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  9. Penny
    Definition (keystage 2) A British unit of money, equal to one-hundredth of a pound. <br /> The plural of penny is pennies, or pence. If we were talking about the actual coins, we would say we had ten pennies, but if we were talking about an amount of money we would say 'ten pence'.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  10. Penny
    Pen'ny adjective [ Perh. a corruption of pun , for pound .] Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, ten penny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/47

  11. Penny
    Pen·ny noun ; plural Pennies or Pence Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [ Middle English peni , Anglo-Saxon penig , pening , pending ; akin to Dutch penning , Old High German pfenning , pfenting , German pfennig , Icelandic penningr ; of uncertain origin. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/47

  12. Penny
    Pen'ny adjective Worth or costing one penny.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/47

  13. penny
    Pl. Pennies or Pence. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. Peni, AS. Penig, pening, pending; akin to D. Penning, OHG. Pfenning, pfenting, G. Pfennig, Icel. Penningr; of uncertain origin. ... 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. penny
    cent noun a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. penny
    noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Penny
    The English equivalent to the pfennig, minted for the first time in the eighth century after the Carolingian model. A pound was originally worth 240 pence. Since decimalisation in 1971, there are 100 pence to a pound.
    Found on http://www.austrian-mint.com/5

  17. Penny
    A `penny` (pl. `pence` or `pennies`) is a coin or a unit of currency used in several English-speaking countries.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny

  18. Penny
    • (n.) See Denarius. • (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds. • (n.) 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 abou...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. penny
    (from the article `coin`) English coinage proper began with the silver penny of Offa, king of Mercia (757–796). It was first struck at around the weight of the sceat, from ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/39

  20. Penny
    Penny is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Duck` Where is it used? The name Penny is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Pene, used In English.If it`s too long people might use In English: PenSee also In Greek Mythology and In English: Penelope (F) From Old English. Penny doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.Th
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Pen

  21. 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'. Normally, 16d (16 'penny') nails are used for framing
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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