| 单词 | one pence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone pence = penny n. 1. Usually in one pence.Frequently regarded as a solecism. In the 20th cent. applied colloquially to a ‘new penny’ after the introduction of decimal currency to Britain in 1971. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > penny > decimal penny pence1652 P1909 pee1971 1652 in A. Lewis & J. R. Newhall Hist. Lynn (1865) ii. 211 Mr Auditer, pay to Joseph Armeteg fouer pound sevene shillings one pence. 1722 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia (1855) iv. i. viii. 214 The revenue of one pence per pound on tobacco exported to the plantations from Virginia and Maryland. 1867 J. M. Bonnell Man. Art Prose Composition 181 To be corrected... If the twelve apples actually costed six pence, then two apples should cost one pence. 1971 Record (Oxf. Univ. Press) Dec. 10/2 The computer was found to be rounding up to the nearest pence the Bank Code Numbers on the Wages Slips. 1975 M. Bradbury Hist. Man i. 3 Comparative, up-to-the-minute lists showing how Fine Fare, on lard, is one pence up on Sainsbury's, or vice versa. 2002 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 40/2 They are awarded units, priced at one pence each, which are redeemable at £100. < as lemmas |
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