pice
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A small coin that was used long ago in India
- noun
- Archaic
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pice
- 41. Initially, the coins used in Uganda were Indian rupees and pice.
Examples
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For example, the collection at the Anglican Cathedral on Christmas Day, 1905, included rupees, half-rupees, four-anna pieces, two-anna pieces, pice, and cowrie shells.
Academic text (2006) -
When pice were introduced as the smallest denomination of coin in October 1901, there were sixty-four to the rupee, making them worth twenty-five shells each.
Academic text (2006) -
The shopkeeper returned my change, giving me two pice along with some rupees.
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In the markets of India, you could find prices listed in pice for very small items.
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During historical exchanges, traders sometimes referred to goods worth only a few pice.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pice comes from the Hindi word paisa, which means 'coin' and was used for very small money in India, so a pice was a tiny Indian coin.
