Sixpence Synonyms

sĭkspəns
The sum of six (old) pennies
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tanner
  2. half a shilling
  3. half-real
  4. picayune
  5. half-a-bob

Words Related to Sixpence

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. money
  2. penny
  3. threepence
  4. shilling
  5. fourpence
  6. twopence
  7. halfpenny
  8. 6d
  9. one-pound
  10. half-a-crown
  11. 1s
  12. two-pence
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Sixpence Sentence Examples

  • Passports granted in England are subject to a stamp duty of sixpence.

  • The direct taxation is represented by a tax of one penny in the pound on the unimproved value of land, sixpence in the pound on the annual income derived in the state from all sources, except the use and occupation of land and improvements thereon.

  • At last he borrowed sixpence from the stage-manager and returned home, carrying all his property tied up in a handkerchief.

  • The expenses of a parish council may not, without the consent of a parish meeting, exceed the amount of a rate of threepence in the for the financial year; but with the consent of the parish meeting the limit may be increased to sixpence, exclusive of expenses under the adoptive acts.

  • Children are readily sold by their parents at a price varying from the equivalent of one shilling to one and sixpence.

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