{
    "term": "penny",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small British coin and unit of money. There are 100 pence in one pound (£1).",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had a few pennies in his pocket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That will be 45 pence, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They cost 20p each."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a British coin in use until 1971. There were twelve pennies in one shilling and twenty shillings in a pound.",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a cent",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fee ranges from a few pennies to $30 or more."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "all of the money",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We collected £700 and every penny went to charity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She’s on a high salary but I’m sure she deserves every penny."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that since you have started to do something, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in order to complete it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "no money at all",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It didn't cost a penny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has never paid me a penny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She hasn’t got a penny to her name."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody has finally understood or realized something that they had not understood or realized before",
            "labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had to explain the joke to her a couple of times before the penny dropped."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask somebody what they are thinking about",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to spend as little money as possible",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a lot of money",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I bet that cost you a pretty penny."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to appear when they are not welcome or not wanted, especially when this happens regularly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very common and therefore not valuable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Teachers of history are ten a penny."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeni/",
                "audio": "pe/penny/penny__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pens/",
                "audio": "pe/penny/pence__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeni/",
                "audio": "pe/penny/penny__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pens/",
                "audio": "pe/penny/pence__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English penig, penning of Germanic origin; related to Dutch penning, German Pfennig, perhaps also to the verb pawn and (with reference to shape) pan."
}