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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pens |
Phonetic Transcription : pɛns |
Définition of pence
Origin :- late 14c., contraction of penies, collective plural of penny.
- As in red cent : noun insignificant value
- And I am prepared to bet that on occasions they are less generous with their pence.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- When she was dug out afterwards, the pence were found in her pocket.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- But to see her face as he poured the shillings and sixpences and pence into her lap!
- Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
- Already the Duke of St. James began to think of pounds, shillings, and pence.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- And as they say, 'Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.'
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- An English shilling is 18 pence colonial, as against 12 pence in sterling.
- Extract from : « Achenwall's Observations on North America » by Gottfried Achenwall
- Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
- Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth
- Every proprietor who pays 15 pauls of taxes (75 pence) has a vote.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville » by Mary Somerville
- Pence Oiler, the ferryman, sat in the corner puffing at a cob pipe.
- Extract from : « Shawn of Skarrow » by James Tandy Ellis
- I did so, and collecting some pence, then asked him what I should do.
- Extract from : « Peter Simple » by Frederick Marryat
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