From this season onwards, Britain's top players will not receive a singlepenny from the organisation charged with ensuring elite sporting success.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She didn't take a singlepenny.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the business has struggled and has yet to make a singlepenny of profit.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Definition of 'penny'
penny
(peni)Explore 'penny' in the dictionary
singular noun
If you say, for example, that you do not have a penny, or that something does not cost a penny, you are emphasizing that you do not have any money at all, or that something did not cost you any moneyat all.
[emphasis]
Definition of 'single'
single
(sɪŋgəl)Explore 'single' in the dictionary
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use single to emphasize that you are referring to one thing, and no more than one thing.