three halfpence

短语

词形变化

a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny three halfpences 复数 noun with the singular three halfpenny 复数 sometimes singular 复数

别名

three-halfpence three ha'pence three halfpennies three ha'pennies three halfpenny

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):

    Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.

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  2. 2.

    A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):

    Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).

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  3. 3.

    A money of account equal to 1½d.

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