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IELTS BNC: 4306 COCA: 0
pennynoun [ C ]uk/ˈpen.i/ us/ˈpen.i/ plural pence, p or pennies

B1 plural p, pence or pennies abbreviation p the smallest unit of money in the UK, of which there are 100 in a pound, or a small coin worth this much. You use "pence" or, more informally, "p" when you are talking about the units of money and pennies when you are talking about the coins themselves.（英国）便士（最小的货币单位，100便士为1英镑，表示币值时用 pence 或在非正式场合也可用 p，而表示硬币本身时用 pennies）

Could you lend me 50 pence/50p please?你能借给我50便士吗？
I found a ten/twenty/fifty pence piece (= a coin of this value) on the floor.我在地上捡到了一枚面值10／20／50便士的硬币。
I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.我把便士和其他小硬币放在一个罐子里。

plural pennies in the US and Canada, a cent or a coin of this value（美国和加拿大的）分（币）

plural pence or pennies also old penny, abbreviation d in the UK before 1971, a large coin. There were twelve pennies in a shilling.便士（英国在1971年以前使用的大硬币，12便士等于1先令）

plural pence or pennies used when talking about the smallest amount of money possible一枚钱；一分一厘

Buy a TV now and it won't cost you a penny (= will cost nothing) for three months.现在买一台电视，三个月不用付一分钱。
It was an expensive meal but worth every penny.这顿饭很贵，但每分钱都很值。

More examples

He has calculated the costs down to the last penny.

Ten pence is donated to charity for every bottle sold.

I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.

When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.

The machine will only accept 10p coins.

Idiom(s)

be penny-wise and pound-foolish
be two/ten a penny
in for a penny (in for a pound)
not have a penny to your name
the penny drops
(a) penny for your thoughts
a penny saved is a penny earned
-pennysuffixuk/ -pen.i/ us/ -pen.i/ UK

used in the past with numbers to show how many pence something cost（旧时的用法）值…便士的

a fourpenny ice-cream一份4便士的冰激凌

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