-penny
suffix /-pə.ni/ UKDefinition
› used in the past with numbers to show how many pence something cost: a fourpenny ice-creamBritish money
(Definition of -penny suffix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- bit noun (COIN)
- bob noun (MONEY)
- copper noun (METAL)
- crown noun (COIN)
- farthing noun
- fiver noun
- pence
- penny noun
- pound noun (MONEY)
- pound sign noun
- pound sterling noun
- quid noun
- sixpenny adjective
- smacker noun (MONEY)
- sovereign noun (COIN)
- tenner noun
- threepence noun
- tuppence noun
- tuppenny adjective
- twopenny adjective
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