ninepence

«ninepence» in Mova's school dictionary: An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ninepences)

meaning for a pupil

An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories, prices and wages are paid in coins such as ninepence; the phrase «at ninepence a head» means nine pence for each person.

examples

• The teas cost ninepence each. tree →
• She paid a ninepence for the loaf. tree →
• Nine pence is also written as ninepence. tree →

note

it is an amount of money: a count of ninepence means nine pence added together for each person (for example, 4 children at ninepence each make 36 pence).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ninepence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.