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Pennies vs Nickels - What's the difference?

pennies | nickels |

As a noun pennies

is .

As a proper noun nickels is

.

pennies

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

  • An unspecified, but very small amount of money. (It costs only pennies per day. )
  • Usage notes

    * This is the plural used when referring to several coins each worth one penny (in any currency), as in I have one tenpence coin and three pennies'' or ''I have one dime and three pennies.'' When referring to a sum of British money, the correct plural is pence, as in ''These apples are twenty pence each.

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    nickels

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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