tenpence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the sum or value of ten pence, especially in historical British currency

   The journeyman earned two shillings and tenpence for the day's work.

2. 2
   noun

   a coin with a value of ten pence

   The child slipped a tenpence into the charity box.

From ten + pence. Pence is the plural used for a sum of money, historically derived from penny, from Old English pening or penig. Tenpence can denote either the amount or a coin worth that amount, under the pre-decimal or decimal British systems.

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