fourpencen.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːp(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌpɛns/,

/ˈfɔrpəns/

Etymology: < four adj. + pence n.

A sum of money or coin equal to four pennies. fourpence-halfpenny n. see quots. 1723, 1860.The Irish shilling of Elizabeth circulated in England under the name and at the value of ‘ninepence’; it is inferred that the ‘fourpence-halfpenny’ was the Irish sixpence of the same period.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Irish coins > [noun]

harp1543

harp-groat1543

harped groata1549

rose pence1556

smulkinc1571

harp-shilling1591

harper1598

patrick1673

thirteenc1720

fourpence-halfpenny1723

thirteener1762

tenpenny1822

thirteen-penny1828

sun groat1861

twenty-pence piece1981

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver

sixpence1563

patacon1584

tomin1589

pataca1625

fourpence-halfpenny1723

pistareen1744

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence

sixpencec1380

twelvepencec1380

twopence1477

sevenpence1558

ninepence1568

twopence halfpenny16..

fippence1607

threepence1607

sicle1720

fourpence1852

fivepence-

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d

quarter-shilling1561

fourpenny bit or piece1597

fourpence1852

Joey1865

Joe1882

fourpenny1883

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 54 Nine pences and Four-pence-half-penny's..Scots and Irish Coin.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xi. lix. 338 ‘Well, there's sixpence for you, my good woman,’ said he..‘It's nabbut fourpence,’ observed the woman.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at Federal Currency The [Spanish] half real..is called..in New England, fourpence ha'penny, or simply fourpence.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table iii. 93 Give me two fo'pencehappenies for a ninepence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fourpence
释义	fourpencen. Brit. /ˈfɔːp(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌpɛns/, /ˈfɔrpəns/ Etymology: < four adj. + pence n. A sum of money or coin equal to four pennies. fourpence-halfpenny n. see quots. 1723, 1860.The Irish shilling of Elizabeth circulated in England under the name and at the value of ‘ninepence’; it is inferred that the ‘fourpence-halfpenny’ was the Irish sixpence of the same period. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Irish coins > [noun] harp1543 harp-groat1543 harped groata1549 rose pence1556 smulkinc1571 harp-shilling1591 harper1598 patrick1673 thirteenc1720 fourpence-halfpenny1723 thirteener1762 tenpenny1822 thirteen-penny1828 sun groat1861 twenty-pence piece1981 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver sixpence1563 patacon1584 tomin1589 pataca1625 fourpence-halfpenny1723 pistareen1744 society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence sixpencec1380 twelvepencec1380 twopence1477 sevenpence1558 ninepence1568 twopence halfpenny16.. fippence1607 threepence1607 sicle1720 fourpence1852 fivepence- society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d quarter-shilling1561 fourpenny bit or piece1597 fourpence1852 Joey1865 Joe1882 fourpenny1883 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 54 Nine pences and Four-pence-half-penny's..Scots and Irish Coin. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xi. lix. 338 ‘Well, there's sixpence for you, my good woman,’ said he..‘It's nabbut fourpence,’ observed the woman. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at Federal Currency The [Spanish] half real..is called..in New England, fourpence ha'penny, or simply fourpence. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table iii. 93 Give me two fo'pencehappenies for a ninepence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1723
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