Meanings
nouneighteenpence (countable and uncountable, plural eighteenpences)
plural eighteenpences
- countableuncountableThe monetary amount of eighteen pence.
Akrofi, to pay for a cutlass he has bought for eighteenpence to begin farming, agrees to work free...
1974, O R Dathorne, The Black Mind: A History of African Literature1 more example
Paddy and I set aside eighteenpence for our beds, and spent threepence on the usual tea-and-two-slices, which we shared—an appetizer rather than a meal.
1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
- Proto-Germanic*ahtōu
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Germanic*tehun
- Proto-Germanic*ahtōutehun
- Anglian Old Englisheahtatēne
- Middle Englisheightetene
- Englisheighteen
- Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
- Latinpatina
- Latinpanna?
- Latinpannus?
- Proto-Germanic*panningaz
- Proto-West Germanic*panning
- Old Englishpeniġ
- Middle Englishpenies
- Englishpence
- Englisheighteenpence
Cite this entry
APA
eighteenpence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighteenpence
MLA
“eighteenpence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighteenpence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighteenpence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighteenpence.
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