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# pennyworth

«pennyworth» in Mova's school dictionary: **The amount of something you could buy for one penny: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pennyworth, pennyworths — UK, old-fashioned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, old-fashioned) The amount of something you could buy for one penny: «a pennyworth of sweets». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#m1)

2) (idiom) «Put in your two pennyworth» (UK) or «two cents' worth» (US) means to give your opinion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#m2)

3) A small amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons and older British stories, children bought a pennyworth of sweets, milk or bread. Pronounced PEN-ee-wurth or «PEN-uth». Today the idiom about giving your opinion is common: «Can I put in my two pennyworth?»

### examples

- She bought a pennyworth of toffees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x1)
- In 1900 a pennyworth of milk was a big jug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x2)
- Everyone wanted to add their two pennyworth to the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x3)
- The boy spent his last penny on a pennyworth of sherbet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x4)
- Not a pennyworth of difference! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x5)
- Grandad remembers buying a pennyworth of chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/#x6)

### note

Old-fashioned word; also written «penn'orth». In maths, «a pennyworth» means whatever 1p buys; if one sweet costs a halfpenny, a pennyworth is 2 sweets.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pennyworth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennyworth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.