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Meaning of three halfpence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):
    historical, singular, sometimes
  2. Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.
    historical, singular, sometimes
  3. Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).
    historical, singular, sometimes
  4. A money of account equal to 1½d.
    UK, dated, singular, sometimes

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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