Usage: Since the decimalization of British currency and the introduction of the abbreviation p, as in 10p, 85p, etc, the abbreviation has tended to replace pence in speech, as in 4p (ˌfɔːˈpiː) , 12p (ˌtwɛlvˈpiː) , etc
"First (to get our thoughts in order): Forty-three pence?"
Pumblechook then put me through my pence-table from "twelve pence make one shilling," up to "forty pence make three and fourpence," and then triumphantly demanded, as if he had done for me, "Now!
Pumblechook worked his head like a screw to screw it out of me, and said, "Is forty-three pence seven and sixpence three fardens, for instance?"
Now known as Pence Construction, the firm stated that the move also is intended to emphasize the history of the company, which was founded in Salem in 1949 by Dale Pence.
On Tuesday, the vice president's office said that North Korea had "dangled a meeting" with Pence in hopes that doing so would entice Pence to ease up on the North.
When GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump named Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, Republicans and conservatives immediately appeared torn.
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