Pence example sentences

pence

noun BRITISH ENGLISH

  - plural form of penny

pen·ny

noun

pence (plural noun)

  - a one-cent coin equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

  - a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound.

  - a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twelfth of a shilling and one 240th of a pound.

  - a small sum of money:

  - (in biblical use) a denarius.

  - used for emphasis to denote no money at all:

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