Penny Definition–noun | 1. | a bronze coin, th
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e 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent. | | 2. | Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbreviation: p | | 3. | a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d. | | 4. | a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned. | | 5. | the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. | –adjective | 6. | Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market. | —Idioms | 7. | a bad penny, someone or something undesirable. | | 8. | a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny. | | 9. | Chiefly British Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory. | | 10. | turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life. | |
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Saver Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning. | | 2. | to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve: God save the king. | | 3. | to keep from being lost: to save the game. | | 4. | to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel. | | 5. | to keep, as for reuse: to save leftov
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ers for tomorrow's dinner. | | 6. | to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money. | | 7. | to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light. | | 8. | to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting. | | 9. | Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin. | | 10. | Computers. to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium. | | 11. | Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift. | | 13. | to be economical in expenditure. | | 14. | to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc. | | 15. | to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food. | –noun | 16. | an act or instance of saving, esp. in sports. | | 17. | Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game. | |
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