- pence abbreviation p
- BrE the plural of penny (4): a few pence | a pence stamp
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
pence abbreviation p
Look at other dictionaries:
pence — [pens] abbreviation p noun the plural of penny * * * pence UK US /pens/ noun (UK MONEY ► PLURAL OF PENNY … Financial and business terms
Pence — Penny Pen*ny, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pound sterling — GBP redirects here. For other uses, see GBP (disambiguation). Pound sterling Peuns sterling (Cornish) Punt steirling (Irish) Punt Sostynagh … Wikipedia
penn'orth — noun (singular + of) BrE old fashioned a pennyworth penny noun plural pennies or pence /pens/ BrE (C) 1 a small bronze coin, used in Britain since 1971, worth one hundredth (1/100th) of a pound: a bag of pennies 2 plural pence abbreviation p a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
penny — pen|ny S1 [ˈpeni] n [: Old English; Origin: penning, penig] 1.) a) plural pence abbreviation p a small unit of money in Britain. There are 100 pence in one pound ▪ The bus fare is 80 pence. ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Penny sterling — The penny sterling (plural pence, abbreviation p) is a subdivision of pound sterling, the currency for the United Kingdom. It is currently 1⁄100 of a pound, but historically was 1⁄240 of a pound (old penny sterling). Its name is carried by the… … Wikipedia
d — abbreviation 1》 (in genealogies) daughter. 2》 day(s). 3》 deci . 4》 (in travel timetables) departs. 5》 (d.) died (used to indicate a date of death). 6》 Brit. penny or pence (of pre decimal currency). [from L. denarius penny .] 7》 Chemistry… … English new terms dictionary
p — abbreviation 1》 page. 2》 (p ) Chemistry para . 3》 Brit. penny or pence. 4》 Music piano (softly). 5》 pico (10 12). 6》 Chemistry denoting electrons and orbitals possessing one unit of angular momentum. [from principal, orig. applied to lines in… … English new terms dictionary
Coins of the pound sterling — The Royal Shield reverse designs, introduced in 2008 (£2 coin is not shown) … Wikipedia
American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which … Wikipedia
