(UK) Plural form of penny (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).
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Origin of pence
14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.
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Pence Sentence Examples
lived in voluntary poverty on a few pence a day.
The mancus was equated with thirty pence, probably from the time of its introduction.
Calculating roundly a cent as equal to a halfpenny, and eight bushels to the quarter, the above would appear in English currency as follows: Chicago to New York in Shillings and Pence per Quarter.
The silver 5-bolivar piece is usually known as a ” dollar," and is equivalent to 484 pence, or 962 cents U.S. gold.
This was most noticeable between 1889 and 1898, when exchange, which represents the value of the milreis, fell from a maximum of 274 pence (27d.