eightpence
noun
eightpence is a noun meaning “A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-I-G-H-T-P-E-N-C-E, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of eightpence is eightpences.
What does eightpence mean?
noun
- 1
A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce eightpence?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-eightpence.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eightpence
- eightpences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eightpence?
Eightpence appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does eightpence come from?
From eight + pence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).