pennyworth

Etymology

From penny + worth.

pennyworth means The amount that can be bought for a penny. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.

Why this word is great

PENNYWORTH — [Noun] The precise quantity of a commodity procurable for a single penny, extending to any small but exactly measured advantage. From the Old English peningwurð, a compound of penny (the coin) and worth (value). Unlike a "bargain," a generalized claim of advantage, or a "modicum," a vague and abstract scrap, a pennyworth is a transaction rooted in historical concrete—value made material and minimal. It is the weight of nails in a paper twist from the ironmonger's scoop, the square of cheap soap that lasts a month, or the single, guttering tallow candle that must last the evening—the humble calculus of sufficiency, where worth persists even at its smallest denomination.

noun

The amount that can be bought for a penny.“She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds ; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went among her young customers, for which the till was never the richer.”
A small quantity or value.“VVhy Lambe, vvhy Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / VVhy Loue I ſay, Madam, ſvveeteheart, vvhy Bride: / VVhat not a vvord, you take your pennivvorths novv, / Sleepe for a vveeke, […]”
A good bargain.“VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands.”