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a pound to a penny

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  • penny — ► NOUN (pl. pennies (for separate coins); pence (for a sum of money)) 1) a British bronze coin worth one hundredth of a pound. 2) a former British coin worth one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound. 3) N. Amer. informal a one cent coin. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • penny-wise and/but pound-foolish — careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future The administration s plans to cut fu …   Useful english dictionary

  • pound foolish — ˈpound ˈfoolish, a. Foolish in dealing with large sums: antithetical to penny wise, q.v. So pound foolishness, pound folly: see penny wisdom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Penny (British decimal coin) — For the pre decimal British one penny coin, see Penny (British pre decimal coin). For silver pennies produced after 1820, see Maundy money. One penny United Kingdom Value 1 penny sterling Mass  3.56 g Diameter  20.32 mm …   Wikipedia

  • penny — pen|ny S1 [ˈpeni] n [: Old English; Origin: penning, penig] 1.) a) plural pence abbreviation p a small unit of money in Britain. There are 100 pence in one pound ▪ The bus fare is 80 pence. ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pound sterling — pound2 (def. 3). [1625 35] * * * ▪ money       the basic monetary unit of Great Britain (United Kingdom), divided (since 1971) decimally into 100 new pence. The term is derived from the fact that, about 775, silver coins known as “sterlings” were …   Universalium

  • pound-fool·ish — /ˈpaʊndˈfuːlıʃ/ adj penny wise and/but pound foolish see ↑penny wise …   Useful english dictionary

  • penny — pen‧ny [ˈpeni] noun [countable] 1. abbreviation p pence PLURALFORM a unit of money used in Britain since 1971. There are 100 pence in one pound: • It only costs a few pence …   Financial and business terms

  • Penny Scots — Penny (Scottish Gaelic: peighinn , but see below) was used in Scottish parlance for money generally; for example, a penny fee was an expression for wages, a penny maister would be a town treasurer, and a penny wedding was one where every guest… …   Wikipedia

  • pound-foolish — [pound′fo͞ol′ish] adj. not handling large sums of money wisely: see PENNY WISE * * * pound fool·ish (poundʹfo͞oʹlĭsh) adj. Unwise in dealing with large sums of money or large matters.   [From the phrase penny wise, pound foolish.] * * * …   Universalium

  • penny wise, pound foolish — Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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