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Pence vs Euro - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pence and euro

is that pence is plural of lang=en (the sub-unit of the pound sterling) while euro is the currency unit of the . Symbol: €

pence

English

Noun

(head)
  • (British) (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).

    • 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.

    Related terms

    * sixpence * thruppence * tuppence

    References

    English irregular plurals

    euro

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia euro) The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from (etyl) Europa, from (etyl) , the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosphorus.

    Alternative forms

    * Euro

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The currency unit of the European Monetary Union]. Symbol: [[€]
  • A coin with a face value of 1 euro.
  • An abbreviation for European in any sense; e.g. "euro size"; "euro style pad".
    • Usage notes
    * The plural recommended for use in official' European documents written in English has been '''euro''' for some time, but this recommendation has been amended to ' euros .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) yuru, (thuru).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a wallaroo (macropod species).
    • See also
    * joey * kangaroo * macropod * marsupial * wallaby

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