Fourpence

noun

1. In the British islands, the sum of fourpence, equal to one third of a shilling, or about eight cents of United States money.
2. A small silver coin of this value, usually called a <em>four-penny bit</em> or <em>four-penny piece</em>, and sometimes a <em>groat.</em> See <internalXref urlencoded="groat">groat</internalXref> and <em>joey.</em>
3. A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
4. A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.
5. A former <xref>British</xref> silver coin, worth four pence.