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Farthing vs. Penny — What's the Difference?

Farthing vs. Penny — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Farthing and Penny

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Farthing

Abbr. f. A coin formerly used in Great Britain worth one fourth of a penny.

Penny

A penny is a coin (pl. pennies) or a unit of currency (pl.

Farthing

Something of little value.

Penny

In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.

Farthing

(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
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Penny

Abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth 1/100 of a pound. Also called new penny.

Farthing

(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.

Penny

Abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth 1/12 of a shilling or 1/240 of a pound.

Farthing

(obsolete) A division of land.

Penny

A coin formerly used in the Republic of Ireland, worth 1/100 of a pound.

Farthing

The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

Penny

A coin used in various dependent territories of the United Kingdom.

Farthing

A very small quantity or value.
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease.

Penny

Any of various coins of small denomination.

Farthing

A division of land.
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.

Penny

A sum of money.

Farthing

A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

Penny

Variant of pinny.

Penny

(Informal) A pinafore.

Penny

Or penny(Sports) One of a set of uniformly colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.

Penny

(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth 240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

Penny

In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth 100 of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.

Penny

(historical) In Ireland, a coin worth 100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

Penny

In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

Penny

In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

Penny

A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

Penny

Money in general.
To turn an honest penny

Penny

(slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.

Penny

(electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

Penny

(Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink such that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.

Penny

Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand; - used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.

Penny

Worth or costing one penny; as, penny candy.

Penny

A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; - usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

Penny

Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.

Penny

Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
What penny hath Rome borne,What men provided, what munition sent?

Penny

See Denarius.

Penny

A fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

Penny

A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

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