noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ten pence/50-cent etc piece
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Have you change for a 50-cent piece?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
piece
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This done by placing a 50 pence piece in a ticket dispensing machine.
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They usually give him a 20 pence piece and he heads straight for the bar to buy his favourite ready-salted snack.
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I've just swallowed fifteen ten pence pieces !
■ VERB
close
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On the London Stock Exchange yesterday, Forte shares rose seven pence , to close at 351 pence.
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Granada shares lost six pence , to close at 637 pence.
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On the London exchange, they closed at 80 pence , down 4 pence.
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Shares in Granada closed 6 pence lower at 637p, after falling as much as 24p to 619p earlier.
cost
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It costs 95 pence a copy and will be available in supermarkets.
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Curing the problem at the design stage may only involve the addition of a component costing a few pence .
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They cost about 50 pence each to make, but sell for an average of £12.99.
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Last year Mr Baber's plums cost just twenty five pence per pound.
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The magazine costs 20 pence and supply your own staples.
fall
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Earnings per share fell 27.9% to 4.4 pence .
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Wireless's share price fell 1 pence to 457.
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Earnings per share fell 4.6% to 3.7 pence reflecting the increased number of shares issued following the flotation.
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Shares of Dixons fell 14 pence , or 3. 3 percent, to 410p following the release of first half earnings.
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Earnings per share fell 85.1% to 1.3 pence .
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Earnings per share fell 35.9% to 6.6 pence .
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Granada shares fell three pence to 642 pence.
pay
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Boys were paid eight pence a day.
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The master was paid 2 pence per week and he had four unpaid helpers.
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For example homeworkers in the East Midlands were paid 3.5 pence for straightening before packing a dozen tights.
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I was paid a few pence , and very welcome it was too.
rise
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On the London exchange, they rose 5 pence to 82 pence.
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This does not translate into earnings per share, however, which rose 11.3% to 17.7 pence .
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On the London Stock Exchange yesterday, Forte shares rose seven pence , to close at 351 pence.
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The cost of short-stay parking - for up to two hours - will rise by five pence .
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The share prices rose to 57 pence on the news, giving Gresham a market capitalisation of some £17m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Earnings per share rose by 173.8% to 30.2 pence .
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Granada shares fell three pence to 642 pence.
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One full course of treatment costs as little as 5 pence , and can save a life.
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Price 30.9.86; the price in pence of the shares on the date specified.
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Shares rose as much as 8. 5 pence to 192. 5p, their highest since Dec. 3, 1991.
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The artist receives 88 pence , the producer and publisher another 88 between them.
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The dividend was boosted 11 percent to 2. 7 pence a share from 2. 43 pence a year ago.
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Wireless's share price fell 5 pence to 453.