lat vs penny

lat

noun
  • A coin or bill of either currency. 

  • A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India. 

  • A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation. 

  • The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro. 

  • A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind. 

  • A latissimus dorsi muscle. 

  • latitude 

  • The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound. 

penny

noun
  • In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p. 

  • In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d. 

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

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

  • Money in general. 

  • In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢. 

  • In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door. 

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