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averpenny

averpenny noun: money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Noun

averpenny (countable and uncountable, plural averpennies)

  1. (obsolete) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Forms of averpenny

pluralaverpennies

Questions about averpenny

What does averpenny mean?
Averpenny means money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
What part of speech is averpenny?
Averpenny is a noun.
What is the plural of averpenny?
The plural of averpenny is averpennies.

Words near averpenny in the dictionary

  1. Avernus
  2. averos
  3. averot
  4. averoth
  5. averpennies
  6. averpenny
  7. averrable
  8. averral
  9. averrals
  10. averred
  11. averredst

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