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threepence
English
Etymology
three +? pence
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????p?ns/, /????p?ns/, /????p?ns/
- (UK)
- (US, also) IPA(key): /???i?p?ns/
- (US)
- thr?p??ns, thr?p??ns, thr?p??ns
Noun
threepence (countable and uncountable, plural threepences)
- (uncountable) The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).
- (countable, historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.
Synonyms
- (coin): threepenny bit, thruppence
See also
- fivepence
- fourpence
- sixpence
- tenpence
- twopence
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eightpence
English
Etymology
eight +? pence
Noun
eightpence (plural eightpences)
- (historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
Related terms
- tuppence
- threepence
- fourpence
- sixpence
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- what does eightpence mean
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