pennies

CEFRB1

/ˈpɛnɪz/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Plural of penny, a small unit of money.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An unspecified, but very small amount of money.

Examples

  • He had a few pennies in his pocket.

  • How many pennies does it take to make one pound?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɛn.iːz/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of penny

More examples

In context

  • The matches cost ten pennies.

  • It costs only pennies per day.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The child saved his blank in a piggy bank for months to buy a toy.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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