pice

[ pahys ]

/ paɪs /

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noun, plural pice.

a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.Compare pie⁵.

paisa (def. 1).

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Origin of pice

First recorded in 1615–20; see origin at paisa

Words nearby pice

Piccard, piccata, Piccinni, piccolo, piccoloist, pice, piceous, pich, pi character, pichiciago, pichiciego

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How to use pice in a sentence

A trifle, Meer Sahib; a few pice to purchase oil for the temple was all he wanted.
Confessions of a Thug|Philip Meadows Taylor
For seven years their private life was the pice de rsistance at every feast of scandal served at Paris and Versailles.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge
With this pice de fantaisie it would be curious to contrast the graver and more authentic description of the impartial Daubenton.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
Every pice-de-service upon his table was of individual design, numbers of them the work of the celebrated Germain.
A Captain of Industry|Upton Sinclair

Beef then was a pice a pound, and the vegetables cost a pie a day.
Old Deccan Days|M. Frere

British Dictionary definitions for pice

pice

/ (paɪs) /

noun plural pice

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

Word Origin for pice

C17: from Mahratti paisā

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