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Definition of Pice - 4 dictionary results

pice

  [pahys]
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–noun, plural pice.
1. a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie 5 .
2. paisa (def. 1).
Origin:
1605–15; < Marathi paisā

pai⋅sa

  [pahy-sah for 1; pahy-sah for 2]
–noun, plural -se  [-sey] .
1. Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
2. poisha.
Origin:
< Hindi paisā
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pice   (pīs)   
n.   pl. pice
A monetary unit worth 1/64 of a rupee, formerly used in India.

[Hindi paisā; see paisa.]
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Pice

Pice\, n. [Hind. pais[=a]] A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent. --Malcom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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