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# ninepence

noun (ninepences)

«ninepence» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, prices and wages are paid in coins such as ninepence; the phrase «at ninepence a head» means nine pence for each person.

### Examples

- The teas cost ninepence each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/#x1)
- She paid a ninepence for the loaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/#x2)
- Nine pence is also written as ninepence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/#x3)

### Note

it is an amount of money: a count of ninepence means nine pence added together for each person (for example, 4 children at ninepence each make 36 pence).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ninepence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ninepence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ninepence.html) on Mova free.