US /pɛns/ UK /pɛns/
name noun Freq #16495

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The plural of penny; a unit of British money worth one hundredth of a pound.

    The newspaper cost ninety pence.

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Word family
Forms elevenpencefivepenceninepencesevenpencetwentypence

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz.

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