"pence" meaning in English

See pence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛns/ [Ireland, UK], /pəns/ [Ireland, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pence.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: 14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny. Etymology templates: {{m|enm|penies||pennies}} penies (“pennies”), {{m|enm|penny}} penny Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} pence
  1. plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound). Tags: form-of, plural Form of: penny (extra: the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound) Derived forms: sixpence, threepence, twopence
    Sense id: en-pence-en-noun-ogKQLl6L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English miscellaneous irregular plurals

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pence meaning in English (3.8kB)

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      "text": "→ Chinese:"
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      "depth": 2,
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "→ Marathi: पेन्स pl (pensa)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
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        }
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "pl",
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: pens",
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        }
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        }
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            "1": "ug",
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          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: پەنس (pens)",
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        }
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    }
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        "3": "",
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        {
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "threepence"
    },
    {
      "word": "twopence"
    }
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      "text": "→ Chinese:"
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        }
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Hindi: पेन्स pl (pens)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Marathi: पेन्स pl (pensa)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "2": "pence",
            "g": "p"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "pens",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пенс",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пенс (pens)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Russian: пенс (pens)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پەنس",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
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      "text": "→ Uyghur: پەنس (pens)"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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}

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