"fourpence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fourpences [plural]
Etymology: four + pence Etymology templates: {{compound|en|four|pence}} four + pence Head templates: {{en-noun}} fourpence (plural fourpences)
  1. A monetary amount of four pence. Categories (topical): Four
    Sense id: en-fourpence-en-noun-zMNwEdAD Disambiguation of Four: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. A former British silver coin, worth four pence. Categories (topical): Four, Historical currencies, History of the United Kingdom Synonyms: groat
    Sense id: en-fourpence-en-noun-aHyM9IOW Disambiguation of Four: 51 49 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 27 73 Disambiguation of History of the United Kingdom: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: like cheese at fourpence Related terms: twopence, tuppence, threepence, fivepence, sixpence, eightpence, tenpence

Inflected forms

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