penny wise adjective

1. Careful at saving small sums, esp when careless in the saving of larger ones (pound foolish)
2. Niggardly on occasions when generosity is needed or expected

pennˈywort noun

A name given to various plants with round leaves, esp Hydrocotyle (an umbelliferous marsh-plant) and navelwort (genus Cotyledon)

pennˈyworth noun

1. A penny's worth of anything
2. The amount that can be got for a penny
3. An unsolicited remark expressing one's opinion (also two pennyworth, etc)
4. A good bargain (also penn'orth /penˈərth/; informal)

a penny for your thoughts (informal)

What are you thinking (so deeply) about?

a pretty penny

A considerable sum of money

in for a penny, in for a pound

There is no point in half measures

in penny numbers

A very few, or a very little, at a time

not a penny the worse

None the worse

pennies from heaven

Money obtained without effort and unexpectedly

Peter's pence

1. Rome-scot, a tax or tribute of a silver penny paid to the Pope, in England perhaps from the time of Offa of Mercia and in Ireland from Henry II, then abolished under Henry VIII
2. A similar tax elsewhere
3. A voluntary contribution to the Pope in modern times

spend a penny see under spend

the penny drops

Now I (etc) understand

turn an honest penny

To earn some money honestly

two (or ten) a penny

In abundant supply and consequently of little value

pound¹ /pownd/

noun (pl formerly pound, now pounds (except informal and in compounds and certain phrases))

1. A unit of money, orig the value of a pound weight of silver
2. The standard monetary unit of the UK, 100 pence, formerly 20 shillings (the pound sterling, written £, for libra)
3. The pound scots (historical; at the time of the Union with England in 1707 worth 1s. 8d.)
4. The unit of currency in some former British dependencies and certain other countries, including Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and (formerly) Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, Malta, Sudan and Jamaica
5. A unit of weight of varying value, long used in western and central Europe, more or less answering to the Roman libra and represented by its symbol lb
6. In avoirdupois weight, 16 ounces avoirdupois, 7000 grains, or 0.45359237kg
7. Formerly, in troy weight, 12 ounces troy, 5760 grains, or about 373.242 grams
8. A pound weight (Shakespeare)
9. The balance (Spenser)

transitive verb (slang)

To bet on as almost a certainty

poundˈage noun

1. A charge or tax made on each pound sterling or weight
2. A commission, or a share in profits, of so much a pound
3. Bodyweight, esp if excessive

poundˈal noun (physics)

The foot-pound-second unit of force, ie that required to give acceleration of one foot per second per second to a one-pound mass

poundˈer noun

A specimen weighing a pound

combining form

Denoting something weighing or carrying so many pounds, a field gun designed to fire shot weighing so many pounds, or person who has, receives or pays, so many pounds sterling

pound cake noun

A sweet rich cake containing a pound, or equal proportions, of each chief ingredient

pound cost averaging noun (finance)

A method of investing by paying regularly a fixed amount for eg units in a particular trust, regardless of the fluctuating market price of the units

pound day noun

A day on which gifts of one pound weight of various goods are invited for charity

pound-foolˈish adjective

Neglecting the care of large sums in attending to little ones (ie being penny wise)

pound force noun

1. The gravitational force of 1lb weight and mass
2. A unit of such force (abbrev lbf)

pound sign noun

1. The sign £, representing the pound sterling
2. The hash sign (US)

pound weight noun

1. As much as weighs a pound
2. A weight of one pound used in weighing

pound of flesh

Strict exaction of one's due in fulfilment of a bargain, etc, to the point of making the other party suffer beyond what is reasonable (from Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice)