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pennage

Meanings

  • A unit of account in the Middle Ages, especially in England and Italy.

    - "In the 14th century, a penny was worth enough to buy a loaf of bread."
    - "The penny farthing was a popular bicycle design in the late 19th century, where a large wheel in front and a smaller one in the back allowed for greater efficiency and speed."
Rhymes
Words rhyming with pennage
penny , money , dime , time
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. pennage () : A unit of account or currency in the Middle Ages.

  2. pennage (English) : To provide or sponsor someone or something.

  3. pennage (English) : The act of painting or drawing with a pen or other writing instrument.

  4. pennage (English) : A type of fabric with a raised texture, created by weaving threads in a crisscross pattern and then brushing the threads in one direction to create the raised texture.

Variants
List of all variants of pennage that leads to same result
pfennig , pfennige , pfennigs
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'pennage' is derived from the Old English word 'pening' meaning 'payment' or 'penny'. In Middle English, 'penning' evolved into 'pennage' which came to refer specifically to a unit of account or currency in the Middle Ages.

Trivia
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  1. Did you know that the term 'pennage' is derived from the Old English word 'pening', meaning 'payment' or 'penny'. Did you know that in medieval marketplaces, merchants used 'pennages' or units of account to buy and sell goods? Did you know that the term 'pennage' is also used in various fields such as economics, linguistics, and history to refer to a unit of account, a payment or a penny, or a term or a word with the same pronunciation as 'pennage' but different meanings or origins?

How to Memorize "pennage"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a coin with a cross on one side and an image of a pen on the other side. This is what a 'pennage' might look like.

  2. associate

    - Think of a medieval marketplace where merchants are buying and selling goods using 'pennages' or units of account. This is the context in which the term 'pennage' would have been used.

  3. mnemonics

    - To remember the meaning of the term 'pennage', you might use the following mnemonic: 'Pennage' is a medieval term meaning 'payment' or 'penny'. So when you come across the term 'pennage', you can remember that it refers to a unit of account or currency used during the Middle Ages.

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