sevenpencen.

Brit.

/ˈsɛvnpəns/, U.S.

/ˈsɛvənp(ə)ns/,

/ˈsɛvənˌpɛns/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., pence n.

Etymology: < seven adj. + pence n. Compare earlier sevenpenny adj.With to stand sevenpence at main sense, lit. ‘to put up a sum of seven pence’ (compare stand v. 44a), compare seven-pennyworth n.

Now historical and archaic.

The sum or value of seven pence, esp. in British currency before decimalization. Also in † to stand sevenpence: to serve a penal sentence of seven years' transportation (obsolete rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence

sixpencec1380

twelvepencec1380

twopence1477

sevenpence1558

ninepence1568

twopence halfpenny16..

fippence1607

threepence1607

sicle1720

fourpence1852

fivepence-

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > transportation > term of > for seven years

sevenpence1821

seven-pennyworth1823

1558–9 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 484 The somme of sixe score eight pounds, eleven shillings, seven pence, stallid as a debt to this cittie.

1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis ii. 23 in Dux Grammaticus I lived..with sevenpence commons, weekely.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ix. 255 Peices..of sevenpence (called a skillen).

1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 230 My Lord, if I am to stand seven-pence, my Lord, I hope you'll take it into your consideration.

1950 Daily Mail 11 Dec. 6/1 The Ministry of Food have withdrawn the extra sevenpence in the £ surcharge on wholesale meat purchases.

2017 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 30 Nov. 18 A seat at the front cost fourpence, one further back sevenpence, and in the balcony—a princely ninepence!

Compounds

ˌsevenpence-ˈhalfpenny n. (in British currency before decimalization) the sum or value of seven and a half pence.In quot. 1885 as a modifier: designating the church of St James the Great, Bethnal Green, at which the standard fee for a certificate of marriage was waived, and only the cost of the legal stamp on the certificate had to be paid, thus allowing poor couples to marry very cheaply.

ΚΠ

1671 E. Leigh 3 Diatribes 73 In Venice a Liver is about seven pence half peny.

1824 A. Ure tr. C.-L. Berthollet & A. B. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing (ed. 2) I. 8 A measure of corn, which would at present cost sevenpence-halfpenny [1791 7½d.] English.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 4/1 Mary L. warmly asserted that ‘she had been married at the sevenpence-halfpenny-church’... The sevenpence-halfpenny demanded pays only for the legal stamp.

1989 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 20/3 When I started I got one shilling and sevenpence-halfpenny an hour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sevenpence
释义	sevenpencen. Brit. /ˈsɛvnpəns/, U.S. /ˈsɛvənp(ə)ns/, /ˈsɛvənˌpɛns/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., pence n. Etymology: < seven adj. + pence n. Compare earlier sevenpenny adj.With to stand sevenpence at main sense, lit. ‘to put up a sum of seven pence’ (compare stand v. 44a), compare seven-pennyworth n. Now historical and archaic. The sum or value of seven pence, esp. in British currency before decimalization. Also in † to stand sevenpence: to serve a penal sentence of seven years' transportation (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence sixpencec1380 twelvepencec1380 twopence1477 sevenpence1558 ninepence1568 twopence halfpenny16.. fippence1607 threepence1607 sicle1720 fourpence1852 fivepence- society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > transportation > term of > for seven years sevenpence1821 seven-pennyworth1823 1558–9 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 484 The somme of sixe score eight pounds, eleven shillings, seven pence, stallid as a debt to this cittie. 1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis ii. 23 in Dux Grammaticus I lived..with sevenpence commons, weekely. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ix. 255 Peices..of sevenpence (called a skillen). 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 230 My Lord, if I am to stand seven-pence, my Lord, I hope you'll take it into your consideration. 1950 Daily Mail 11 Dec. 6/1 The Ministry of Food have withdrawn the extra sevenpence in the £ surcharge on wholesale meat purchases. 2017 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 30 Nov. 18 A seat at the front cost fourpence, one further back sevenpence, and in the balcony—a princely ninepence! Compounds ˌsevenpence-ˈhalfpenny n. (in British currency before decimalization) the sum or value of seven and a half pence.In quot. 1885 as a modifier: designating the church of St James the Great, Bethnal Green, at which the standard fee for a certificate of marriage was waived, and only the cost of the legal stamp on the certificate had to be paid, thus allowing poor couples to marry very cheaply. ΚΠ 1671 E. Leigh 3 Diatribes 73 In Venice a Liver is about seven pence half peny. 1824 A. Ure tr. C.-L. Berthollet & A. B. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing (ed. 2) I. 8 A measure of corn, which would at present cost sevenpence-halfpenny [1791 7½d.] English. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 4/1 Mary L. warmly asserted that ‘she had been married at the sevenpence-halfpenny-church’... The sevenpence-halfpenny demanded pays only for the legal stamp. 1989 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 20/3 When I started I got one shilling and sevenpence-halfpenny an hour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1558
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