Pice meaning

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A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.
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(British India) An Alternative spelling of paisa.
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A unit of currency worth164 of a rupee, formerly used in India.
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A former monetary unit of India, equal to164 of a rupee.
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The definition of a pice is a former coin of British India.

An example of pice is a coin worth 1/64 of rupee.

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Origin of pice

  • Hindi paisā paisa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hindi पैसा (paisā, “money")

    From Wiktionary

Pice Sentence Examples

  • His marriage (p.220) took pice on 22nd Oct. 1795.

  • The Yellow Advertiser might want to do a pice on this?

  • The new Arcade feature on the Xbox 360 could be the key to capturing the casual gamers' market, but the initial high pice and low availability of the new console is a formidable roadblock to this type of consumer.

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