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Pence vs Shilling - What's the difference?

pence | shilling |

As nouns the difference between pence and shilling

is that pence is plural of lang=en (the sub-unit of the pound sterling) while shilling is a coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.

As a verb shilling is

present participle of lang=en.

pence

English

Noun

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  • (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

    shilling

    English

    (wikipedia shilling)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) scilling, (etyl) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shilling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
  • :
  • *
  • *:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  • A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  • The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
    • Usage notes
    ; Abbreviations * (sense) s. or'' s ''or / (solidus) * (in Kenya) Ksh; (in Somalia'') ; (''in Tanzania'') TSh; (''in Uganda ) UGS In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".
    Synonyms
    * bob, hog * (Australia) deener
    See also
    * * schilling * skilding * solidus
    Derived terms
    *King's shilling

    External links

    * Currencies of the world

    Etymology 2

    From shill.

    Verb

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