Coin and Penny

Coin

Coin noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
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Synonyms for Coin

Penny and coin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penny" instead a noun "Coin".

Nearby Words: coinage, coined, coining, coiner, coinbox

Penny

Penny noun - A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
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Synonyms for Penny

Coin and penny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coin" instead a noun "Penny".

Nearby Words: penni, penney, pennie

Both words in one sentence

  • The United States still has a coin called the penny, even though its money system uses cents and not pence, the British unit from which the name "penny" is derived.
  • Coin-on-a-String Trick The cartoon half of this entry has a slot-machine player cheating the machines in a penny-arcade by tying a string to the coin and pulling it out again.
  • Penny Lane in Liverpool was named after a 18th-century slave trader of that name, not the coin.
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