14th century contraction ofpenies(“pennies”), collective plural ofpenny.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/(stressed),/pəns/(unstressed and in compounds)

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɛns

pence

1. plural ofpenny (thesubunit of thepound sterling orIrish pound).

• This is the collective plural, used when referring to a sum of money, as inThese apples are twenty pence each. When referring to several coins each worth one penny, the correct plural ispennies, as inI have one tenpence coin and three pennies.

• → Arabic:بِنْس(bins)
• → Esperanto:penco
• → Hindi:पेन्स pl(pens)
• → Mandarin:便士(biànshì)
• → Marathi:पेन्स pl(pensa)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål:pence pl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:pence pl
• → Polish:pens
• → Russian:пенс(pens)
• → Uyghur:پەنس(pens)

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/

pence m

1. indefiniteplural ofpenny

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