"fourpence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fourpences [plural]
Etymology: From four + pence. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|four|pence}} four + pence Head templates: {{en-noun}} fourpence (plural fourpences)
  1. A monetary amount of four pence. Wikidata QID: Q1547176 Synonyms: groat
    Sense id: en-fourpence-en-noun-en:Q1547176 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. A former British silver coin, worth four pence. Wikidata QID: Q16981272 Synonyms: groat
    Sense id: en-fourpence-en-noun-en:Q16981272 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Four, Historical currencies, History of the United Kingdom Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Four: 43 57 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 25 75 Disambiguation of History of the United Kingdom: 15 85
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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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tuppence"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "threepence"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "A former British silver coin, worth four pence."
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    {
      "word": "threepence"
    },
    {
      "word": "fivepence"
    },
    {
      "word": "sixpence"
    },
    {
      "word": "eightpence"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenpence"
    }
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    }
  ],
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}

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