tup·pence
ˈtə-pən(t)s 
variant of twopence
1
: the sum of two pennies
Note: Twopence is usually used of two British pennies.
2
plural twopence or twopences
: a coin worth twopence
two·pence
ˈtə-pən(t)s
US also
ˈtü-ˌpen(t)s
variants
or tuppence
1
: the sum of two pennies
Note: Twopence is usually used of two British pennies.
2
plural twopence or twopences
: a coin worth twopence
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 May 2022
Jennifer Williams, Vox, 10 Aug. 2018
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Noun
The whole episode has been comedic, other than that the government wasted your tuppence setting up a board that will probably never operate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 May 2022
Noun
But the public backlash against Johnson apparently wasn’t bad enough to deter yet another influential white conservative British man from adding his twopence.
—Jennifer Williams, Vox, 10 Aug. 2018
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“Tuppence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuppence. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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