Meaning
Many; a lot of. In Patois 'plenty' is used directly before a noun as a plain quantifier — 'plenty people', 'plenty money', 'plenty time' — where standard English would need 'a lot of' or 'many' and would not put 'plenty' straight before the noun in the same way. Among the most common everyday words for abundance, it sits with 'nuff', 'nuffa', and 'whole heap' in the vocabulary of quantity, and it plainly marks that there is a great deal of whatever it measures.
Examples
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Plenty people deh a di market today.
There are lots of people at the market today.
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Him have plenty money but no manners.
He has plenty of money but no manners.
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Wi have plenty time, nuh rush.
We have plenty of time, don't rush.
Origin
From English 'plenty', used in Patois directly as a quantifier ('plenty people') without 'of'.
How it’s used
Used straight before nouns as 'many/a lot of'. Interchangeable with 'nuff'.