Pence vs Eighteenpence - What's the difference?
pence | eighteenpence |
(British) (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).
English irregular plurals
The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
* 1974 , O R Dathorne, The Black Mind: A History of African Literature
As nouns the difference between pence and eighteenpence
is that pence is while eighteenpence is the monetary amount of eighteen pence.pence
English
Noun
(head)Usage notes
* This is the collective plural, used when referring to a sum of money, as in These apples are twenty pence each.'' When referring to several coins each worth one penny, the correct plural is pennies, as in ''I have one tenpence coin and three pennies.References
eighteenpence
English
Noun
- Akrofi, to pay for a cutlass he has bought for eighteenpence to begin farming, agrees to work free...