TENPENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenpence mean? 

• TENPENCE (noun)
  The noun TENPENCE has 1 sense:

1. a decimal coin worth ten pennies

  Familiarity information: TENPENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENPENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decimal coin worth ten pennies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("tenpence" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)