SIXPENCE


Meaning of SIXPENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsiks-pən(t)s, US also ]

-ˌpen(t)s noun

Date: 14th century

1. : a former British monetary unit equal to six pennies

2. plural sixpence or six·penc·es : a coin worth sixpence

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.