0 in British currency, the hundredth part of £1 -- penny
It costs seventy-five pence
Oranges, 12p each.
1 in certain countries, a coin of low value. -- haléř, cent
2 the value of such a coin. -- penny, cent
It was only in the late 1820s that transactions in pounds, shillings and pence became virtually extinct.
It was those disadvantages which explain in part the persistence of accounts in pounds, shillings and pence until well into the nineteenth century.
This information complicates our assumptions about penny-weekly fiction; it also suggests that we need to rethink matters of form.
In cases like (17) the (implied) debt is referential, but the pennies to pay it off are not (yet).
Most of the staff of the technical universities and the research laboratories are now pensioners - and they work for pennies.
I think they were brought up saving money and being very careful with every penny they had that they just didn't want to spend it.
Accommodations for women included standard water closets available for their use at a charge of one penny.
While these were denominated in pounds, shillings and pence there was no parity of value.
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（英國）便士（最小的貨幣單位，100便士為1英鎊，表示幣值時用 pence 或在非正式場合也可用 p，而表示硬幣本身時用 pennies）, （美國和加拿大的）分（幣）, 便士（英國在1971年以前使用的大硬幣，12便士等於1先令）…
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（英国）便士（最小的货币单位，100便士为1英镑，表示币值时用 pence 或在非正式场合也可用 p，而表示硬币本身时用 pennies）, （美国和加拿大的）分（币）, 便士（英国在1971年以前使用的大硬币，12便士等于1先令）…
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penique, centavo [masculine, singular]…
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moeda que vale um centésimo da libra ou do dólar, pêni…
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ペニー（1ポンド・1ドル＝100ペニー）…
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peni, sent…
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cent [masculine], penny [masculine], penny…
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