TENPENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tenpence mean? • TENPENCE (noun)
The noun TENPENCE has 1 sense:
1. a decimal coin worth ten pennies
Familiarity information: TENPENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TENPENCE (noun)
Meaning:
A decimal coin worth ten pennies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("tenpence" is a kind of...):
coin (a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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