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单词 pence
释义
pencepence /pens/ noun British English Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Earnings per share rose by 173.8% to 30.2 pence.
  • Granada shares fell three pence to 642 pence.
  • One full course of treatment costs as little as 5 pence, and can save a life.
  • Price 30.9.86; the price in pence of the shares on the date specified.
  • Shares rose as much as 8. 5 pence to 192. 5p, their highest since Dec. 3, 1991.
  • The artist receives 88 pence, the producer and publisher another 88 between them.
  • The dividend was boosted 11 percent to 2. 7 pence a share from 2. 43 pence a year ago.
  • Wireless's share price fell 5 pence to 453.
word sets
WORD SETS
bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Have you change for a 50-cent piece?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· This done by placing a 50 pence piece in a ticket dispensing machine.· They usually give him a 20 pence piece and he heads straight for the bar to buy his favourite ready-salted snack.· I've just swallowed fifteen ten pence pieces!
VERB
· On the London Stock Exchange yesterday, Forte shares rose seven pence, to close at 351 pence.· Granada shares lost six pence, to close at 637 pence.· On the London exchange, they closed at 80 pence, down 4 pence.· Shares in Granada closed 6 pence lower at 637p, after falling as much as 24p to 619p earlier.
· It costs 95 pence a copy and will be available in supermarkets.· Curing the problem at the design stage may only involve the addition of a component costing a few pence.· They cost about 50 pence each to make, but sell for an average of £12.99.· Last year Mr Baber's plums cost just twenty five pence per pound.· The magazine costs 20 pence and supply your own staples.
· Earnings per share fell 27.9% to 4.4 pence.· Wireless's share price fell 1 pence to 457.· Earnings per share fell 4.6% to 3.7 pence reflecting the increased number of shares issued following the flotation.· Shares of Dixons fell 14 pence, or 3. 3 percent, to 410p following the release of first half earnings.· Earnings per share fell 85.1% to 1.3 pence.· Earnings per share fell 35.9% to 6.6 pence.· Granada shares fell three pence to 642 pence.
· Boys were paid eight pence a day.· The master was paid 2 pence per week and he had four unpaid helpers.· For example homeworkers in the East Midlands were paid 3.5 pence for straightening before packing a dozen tights.· I was paid a few pence, and very welcome it was too.
· On the London exchange, they rose 5 pence to 82 pence.· This does not translate into earnings per share, however, which rose 11.3% to 17.7 pence.· On the London Stock Exchange yesterday, Forte shares rose seven pence, to close at 351 pence.· The cost of short-stay parking - for up to two hours - will rise by five pence.· The share prices rose to 57 pence on the news, giving Gresham a market capitalisation of some £17m.
(abbreviation p) a plural of penny:  a few pence a 20 pence stamp
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