pice

[ pahys ]

noun

, plural pice.

1. a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie ⁵.
2. paisa ( def 1 ).

pice

/ paɪs /

noun

1. a former Indian coin worth one sixty-fourth of a rupee

Word History and Origins

Origin of pice¹

First recorded in 1615–20; paisa ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of pice¹

C17: from Mahratti paisā

Example Sentences

A trifle, Meer Sahib; a few pice to purchase oil for the temple was all he wanted.

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For seven years their private life was the pice de rsistance at every feast of scandal served at Paris and Versailles.

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With this pice de fantaisie it would be curious to contrast the graver and more authentic description of the impartial Daubenton.

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Every pice-de-service upon his table was of individual design, numbers of them the work of the celebrated Germain.

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Beef then was a pice a pound, and the vegetables cost a pie a day.

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