Fourpence
[fɒ:pәns]
Definition
(n.) A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
(n.) A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.
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Examples
- It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The different taxes upon small beer amount to one shilling and fourpence a-barrel. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My friends, says Chadband, eightpence is not much; it might justly have been one and fourpence; it might justly have been half a crown. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A pound of wheat at a penny is as dear as a pound of butcher's meat at fourpence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Large quantities are also imported from Germany, where they are manufactured so cheaply, that fifty boxes each containing 100 matches, are sold for fourpence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Four minae were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence; five minae to sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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