pennies
Smallest American coins
Pennies is the plural of penny, referring to individual one-cent coins: She counted out the pennies from her piggy bank.
When discussing monetary value rather than physical coins, the plural is usually pence (British) or cents (American): It costs fifty pence.
To pinch pennies is to be frugal.
Pennies on the dollar describes buying something far below its value.
Reddish-brown metallic element
- centsDollar subdivisions
- changeTo make different
- nickelsSmall denomination coins
- dimesCoins worth ten cents
quarters · coinage · currency · money · cash · wallet · piggybank · jar
Gathering items over time
- rareSeldom found or seen
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- mintmarksSymbols showing coin source
uncirculated · grading · condition · proof · varieties · errors · copper · bronze
Child's savings container
- jarWide-mouthed storage vessel
- savingReserving for future use
- collectingGathering items over time
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
accumulating · counting · rolling · thrift · frugality · children · allowance · budgeting
Mental reflections
Low in price
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- worthlessLacking any value
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
small · affordable · bargain · discount · cost-cutting · economizing · budgeting · frugal
copper
Reddish-brown metallic element
dimes · quarters · coinage · currency · money · cash · wallet · piggybank · jar · pockets
collecting
Gathering items over time
mintmarks · uncirculated · grading · condition · proof · varieties · errors · copper · bronze · steel
piggybank
Child's savings container
- jarWide-mouthed storage vessel
- savingReserving for future use
- collectingGathering items over time
hoarding · accumulating · counting · rolling · thrift · frugality · children · allowance · budgeting · stashing
thoughts
Mental reflections
cheap
Low in price
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- worthlessLacking any value
- trivialLacking significance or weight
minor · small · affordable · bargain · discount · cost-cutting · economizing · budgeting · frugal · thrifty
- currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
- coinsleu, silver eagles, nickels, ban, dimes
- coinage and related mattersminting, coins, currency, mint, nickels
- coin collectingrare coins, cent, coin dealers, bronze coin, halfpenny
- copper coinscents, pence, farthings, halfpennies, centavos
- historic coinsshilling, shillings, guinea, sovereign, sovereigns
penniesbillions
Thousands of millions
dollars · millions · fortune · riches · gold coins
- pinch penniesSpend as little as possible
- pinching penniesObsessive spending restraint
- old penniesOutdated one-cent pieces
- pennies from heavenUnexpected good fortune
- pennies on the dollarTiny fraction of worth
- counting penniesObsessing over small amounts