pice

[pahys]

pice

[pahys]
noun, plural pice.
1.
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie5.
2.
paisa (def. 1).

Origin:
1605–15; < Marathi paisā
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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pice (paɪs)
 
n , pl pice
a former Indian coin worth one sixty-fourth of a rupee
 
[C17: from Mahratti paisā]

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