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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tup•pence (tup′əns),USA pronunciation n. [Brit.]- British Termstwopence.
- earlier tuppens, reduction of twopence 1505–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tuppence /ˈtʌpəns/ n - Brit
a variant spelling of twopence
two•pence (tup′əns),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pence, -pen•ces for 2–4.- British Terms(used with a sing. or pl. v.) a sum of two pennies.
- Currencya bronze coin of the United Kingdom equal to two pennies: issued after decimalization in 1971.
- Currencya former copper coin of Great Britain, equal to two pennies, issued under George III.
- Currencya former silver coin of England, equal to two pennies: issued only as maundy money after 1662.
- a trifle.
Also, tuppence. - 1400–50; late Middle English two pens; see two, pence
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: twopence, tuppence /ˈtʌpəns/ n Brit - the sum of two pennies
- (used with a negative) something of little value (in the phrase not care or give twopence)
- a former British silver coin, now only coined as Maundy money
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