Definitions
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Word origin
From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).
Used in a sentence
“In societies without national insurance of any kind, almshouses are the last refuge of penniless people.”
“A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.”
“Canada became a penniless country in 2013 simply by rounding its cash transactions to the nearest nickel but otherwise not changing anything.”
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