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ha'pence

/ˈheɪp(ə)ns/

ha'pence is the plural of ha'penny.

Meaning of ha'penny

Noun

ha'penny (plural ha'pennies or ha'pence)

  1. (Ireland, UK, historical) A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
    • The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

Words formed from ha'pence

Questions about ha'pence

What is ha'pence the plural of?
Ha'pence is the plural of ha'penny.
How do you pronounce ha'pence?
Ha'pence is pronounced /ˈheɪp(ə)ns/.

Words near ha'pence in the dictionary

  1. ha'n't
  2. ha'nt
  3. ha'nts
  4. ha'p'orth
  5. ha'p'orths
  6. ha'pence
  7. ha'pennies
  8. ha'penny
  9. ha'penny starver
  10. ha'penny starvers
  11. ha'porth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ha'pence (page history and authors); ha'penny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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