B1 plural p, pence or pennies abbreviation p the smallest unit of money in the UK, of which there are 100 in a pound, or a small coin worth this much. You use "pence" or, more informally, "p" when you are talking about the units of money and pennies when you are talking about the coins themselves.(英國)便士(最小的貨幣單位,100便士爲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)
plural pennies in the US and Canada, a cent or a coin of this value(美國和加拿大的)分(幣)
plural pence or pennies also old penny, abbreviation d in the UK before 1971, a large coin. There were twelve pennies in a shilling.便士(英國在1971年以前使用的大硬幣,12便士等於1先令)
plural pence or pennies used when talking about the smallest amount of money possible一枚錢;一分一厘
More examples
He has calculated the costs down to the last penny.
Ten pence is donated to charity for every bottle sold.
I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.
When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.
The machine will only accept 10p coins.
used in the past with numbers to show how many pence something cost(舊時的用法)值…便士的
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