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Meaning of "pennyweight" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PENNYWEIGHT

ˈpɛnɪˌweɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENNYWEIGHT

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pennyweight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENNYWEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pennyweight

A pennyweight is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, 1⁄20 of a troy ounce, 1⁄240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grammes. In the Middle Ages, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, 1⁄20 of an ounce and 1⁄240 of a pound of sterling silver. At that time, the pound in use was the Tower pound. The medieval English pennyweight was thus equal to 32 Tower grains. When Troy weights replaced Tower weights in 1527, the Troy weights were defined in such a way that the old Tower pound came out to exactly 5400 Troy grains, the Tower pennyweight 221⁄2 Troy grains. After 1527, the English pennyweight was the Troy pennyweight. The Troy pound and the pennyweight lost their official status in the United Kingdom in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878; only the Troy ounce and its decimal subdivisions remained official. The Troy ounce enjoys a specific legal exemption from metrication in the UK. The pennyweight is the common weight used in the valuation and measurement of precious metals.

Definition of pennyweight in the English dictionary

The definition of pennyweight in the dictionary is a unit of weight equal to 24 grains or one twentieth of an ounce.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENNYWEIGHT

bantamweight · bobweight · catchweight · counterweight · cruiserweight · deadweight · featherweight · flyweight · heavyweight · hundredweight · junior-lightweight · junior-middleweight · junior-welterweight · lightweight · makeweight · middleweight · mini-flyweight · paperweight · strawweight · welterweight

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENNYWEIGHT

penny loafer · penny shares · penny whistle · penny-a-liner · penny-dreadful · penny-farthing · penny-gaff · penny-in-the-slot machine · penny-pincher · penny-pinching · penny-wise · penny-wise and pound-foolish · pennyboy · pennycress · pennyfee · pennyland · pennyroyal · pennywinkle · pennywort · pennyworth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENNYWEIGHT

air freight · air-freight · atomic weight · balance weight · birth weight · bright · curb weight · dead weight · eight · freight · gross weight · head height · height · light heavyweight · molecular weight · net weight · overweight · sleight · underweight · weight · x-height

Synonyms and antonyms of pennyweight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pennyweight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENNYWEIGHT

Find out the translation of pennyweight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pennyweight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pennyweight» in English.
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英钱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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pennyweight
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pennyweight
510 millions of speakers
hi

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pennyweight
380 millions of speakers
ar

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وزن البنس
280 millions of speakers
ru

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пеннивейт
278 millions of speakers
pt

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centavo
270 millions of speakers
bn

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মণিকারের ওজন বিশেষ
260 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Pennyweight
190 millions of speakers
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Pennyweight
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ペニーウエイト
130 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Pennyweight
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Pennyweight
80 millions of speakers
ta

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pennyweight
75 millions of speakers
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पेनीवेट
75 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
70 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
65 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
50 millions of speakers
uk

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пеннівейт
40 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
30 millions of speakers
el

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pennyweight
15 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
14 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
10 millions of speakers
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pennyweight
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENNYWEIGHT»

Discover the use of pennyweight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pennyweight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pennyweight windows: new & selected poems
A major collection from ..".an increasingly important poet for our times."--The Antioch Review
Donald Revell, 2005
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The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the ...
live Ounces two and A half pennyweight of plate aforesaid, to be equally divided Amongst them. To Cornelius van Brunt, his Exec'rs or assigns, the quantity of ten Ounces Seventeen and a half pennyweight of plate aforesaid. To Henry ...
New York (Colony), Charles Zebina Lincoln, 2011
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Hydrogeology
(Continued) Property Multiply By To obtain Mass Ounce (avdp.) 9.11E — 01 Ounce (troy) Mass Ounce (avdp.) 1.82E + 01 Pennyweight Mass Ounce (avdp.) 6.25E — 02 Pound (avdp.) Mass Ounce (avdp.) 1.64E — 03 Slug Mass Ounce ( avdp.) ...
D. J. Poehls, Gregory J. Smith, 2011
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JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING ...
3, after line 12, the following : " at the following rates, to wit, the sovereign of Great Britain at ninety-four cents and sixty-two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ; the pieces of forty and twenty francs of France, at ninety-two cents and ...
‎1841
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Congressional Edition
... to wit: the sovereign of Great Bntain, at ninety-four cents and sixty-two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ; the pieces of forty and twenty franes of France, at ninety-two cents and ninety- two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ...
‎1841
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United States Congressional serial set
... to wit : the sovereign of Great Britain, at ninety-four cents and sixty-two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ; the pieces of forty and twenty francs of France, at ninety-two cents and ninety- two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ...
‎1841
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st ...
... to wit : the sovereign of Great Britain, at ninety-four cents and sixty-two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight ; the pieces of forty and twenty franes of France, at ninety-two cents and ninety- two hundredths of a rent for each pennyweight ...
United States. Congress. House, 1841
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America
3, after line 12, the following: “ at the following rates, to wit, the sovereign of Great Britain at ninety-four cents and sixty-two hundredths of a cent for each pennyweight; the pieces of forty and twentyfrancs of France, at ninety-'two cents and ...
‎1841
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A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: ...
Rus. sv: Pennyweight; this consists of 24 Grains of these 20 make an Ounce Troy. 1728 Chambers l.360: In Troy Weight, 2 4... Grains make a Penny-weight Sterling ; 20 Penny-weight make an Ounce. 1780 Bald 39l: A Penyweight is equal to...
Ronald Edward Zupko, 1985
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Paper Money of the United States: A Complete Illustrated ...
RI-65a 2 Ounces 10 Pennyweight (£8 O.T.) RI-65b 2 Ounces 10 Pennyweight (£8 O.T.) RI-66a 5 Ounces (£16 O.T.) RI-66b 5 Ounces (£16 O.T.) February 27, 1756 RI-67 RI-68 RI-69 RI-70 RI-71 6d 9d 1s 2s 3s August, 1756 RI-76 RI-77 RI-78 ...
Arthur Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENNYWEIGHT»

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A Must-Visit Nashville Boutique
Nomad Collective, Electra Eggleston, and now Pennyweight—these projects have all been born from conversations that started here…and ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
2
Indexology®: Same-Sex Marriage May Boost Gold Price
Given the average wedding ring is roughly 3 pennyweight, the value per 14 karat ring (that is 58.33% gold) is $102.82, using $1,175.10 per troy ... «ETF Trends, Jun 15»
3
Water bottles inspire artist's work after Katrina
He also created an oversize pennyweight in steel and bronze that totals his recorded weight in water. Much of this work will be on display in ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jun 15»
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Pennyweights: A town gem
Traditionally, a pennyweight is used as a common measurement when weighing precious metals. Pennyweights — the store — reveals itself to ... «New Canaan Advertiser, Jun 15»
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Historian Graeme Davison didn't look for skeletons in his family's …
A few hundred metres from Sailor's Gully was the Pennyweight Flat cemetery, now often called the Children's Cemetery because of the large ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Bartica hit by gold woes
He said while previously, one pennyweight of gold could be sold for $11 000, now it is about $8500 or $9500. Another vendor Angela Lindore ... «Stabroek News, Apr 15»
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Danielle Gibson: Napa event planner, stationery designer focuses …
... Tallu-lah greeting cards can be found at Standard: News, Books & Sundries in the Oxbow Public Market and at Pennyweight in St. Helena. «Napa Valley Register, Apr 15»
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Unsettling art performance at children's cemetery in Castlemaine
Just a 'pennyweight' of gold was ever found there, such an insignificant amount it was no loss turning the land into the final resting place of so ... «ABC Local, Mar 15»
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Prospecting for Gold With the New 49ers
A good day highbanking for someone like me who's playing around would be a pennyweight [of gold]. Right now an ounce is like $1,100, and ... «Pacific Standard, Mar 15»
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Pasture upgrade doubles stock capacity
... Dalmalley (933ha) and Pennyweight Ridges (2067ha). The farms, which were bought by Greenfield between June 2007 and March 2008, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Nov 14»
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