Definition of "sevenpence" [sevenpence]

• The value of seven old pennies. (noun)
• Construed as singular. (noun)

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• "For instance, let us take two carlini — about sevenpence."
• "The cad asks for ten pounds, and is offered four and sevenpence: the encounter involves not just indebtedness and impropriety Schuld but also bartering, like the bartering Heidegger describes when discussing the Anaximander Fragment."
• "Paddy and I pooled our tickets, and received food which we could have got for sevenpence or eightpence at most coffee-shops."