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eighteenpence

eighteenpence noun: the monetary amount of eighteen pence.

Noun

eighteenpence (countable and uncountable, plural eighteenpences)

  1. The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
    • Paddy and I set aside eighteenpence for our beds, and spent threepence on the usual tea-and-two-slices, which we shared—an appetizer rather than a meal.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
    • Akrofi, to pay for a cutlass he has bought for eighteenpence to begin farming, agrees to work free...1974, O R Dathorne, The Black Mind: A History of African Literature

Forms of eighteenpence

pluraleighteenpences

Origin of eighteenpence

From eighteen + pence.

Questions about eighteenpence

What does eighteenpence mean?
Eighteenpence means the monetary amount of eighteen pence.
What part of speech is eighteenpence?
Eighteenpence is a noun.
What is the plural of eighteenpence?
The plural of eighteenpence is eighteenpences.

Words near eighteenpence in the dictionary

  1. eighteen-wheelers
  2. eighteenfold
  3. eighteenish
  4. eighteenmo
  5. eighteenmos
  6. eighteenpence
  7. eighteenpences
  8. eighteenpenny
  9. eighteens
  10. eighteenth
  11. eighteenthly

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