PENCE
What does "PENCE" mean?
The plural of penny, used for an amount of British money in pennies.
Meanings
- A plural of penny, used chiefly when stating a sum of money rather than counting individual coins. The newspaper cost ninety pence.
Did you know?
- Penny has two plurals with two jobs: 'pennies' counts the actual coins, while 'pence' states a sum - which is why a ten-pence price is never 'ten pennies'.
Word origin
A contracted plural of 'penny', from Old English 'penig'; English keeps two plurals - 'pennies' for the coins themselves and 'pence' for a sum of money.
Remember it
PENCE = the priCE in pennies; both end in '-ce'.
A little poem
Not coins in hand but value in the air-
a price is pence; a pocketful is there.
couplet
What it teaches
The same thing changes name with how you mean it; language sorts the counted from the merely owed.
Quick facts
What does PENCE mean?
The plural of penny, used for an amount of British money in pennies.
Is PENCE a valid word?
Yes — PENCE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PENCE?
PENCE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PENCE come from?
A contracted plural of 'penny', from Old English 'penig'; English keeps two plurals - 'pennies' for the coins themselves and 'pence' for a sum of money.
What can PENCE teach us?
The same thing changes name with how you mean it; language sorts the counted from the merely owed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.