pence A2 Topic:Money & Finance US /pɛns/ UK /pɛns/ See IPA manual Freq #16495 Meanings 1 noun The plural of penny; a unit of British money worth one hundredth of a pound. The newspaper cost ninety pence. Thesaurus Word family Forms elevenpencefivepenceninepencesevenpencetwentypence Etymology AI details Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz. Pentz German View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pence **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pɛns/ **IPA (UK):** /pɛns/ **Frequency rank:** 16495 ## Meanings 1. The plural of penny; a unit of British money worth one hundredth of a pound. ## Examples - The newspaper cost ninety pence. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: Pentz ## Etymology Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz. ## AI Etymology Pence americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz. Modern senses include the plural of penny; a unit of British money worth one hundredth of a pound. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown