penny sterling

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A British coin worth  1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1797, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d. historical
    — The Semissis, or מםימם Mesimes, was the half of an assar, or the 192d part of a shekel: its weight was 2 barley corns, and its value equal to ּ146, or the 7th part nearly of a penny sterling.
  2. A unit of weight amounting to 1/20 of a troy ounce. historical
    — Twenty four Grains made one Penny Sterling, 20 Penny weight one Ounce, and 12 Ounces, or 5660 Grains made a pound Sterling, consisting of 20 Shillings.

词形变化

pennies sterling plural pence sterling plural GBp alternative GBX alternative p alternative

词源

From sterling silver, which the coin was originally minted from.
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