Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
decimalization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Conversion to a
decimal system . - noun Specifically, conversion of the currency of the
United Kingdom in 1971 frompounds ,shillings andpence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100new pence (later renamed simply pence).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of changing to a decimal system
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Examples
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In a professional career that started after his demob from National Service in 1954 and ended in 1971 when Britain embraced decimalisation Cooper was twice named sports personality of the year and reigned longer than anyone else as British heavyweight champion.
No bad words, just praise, for Henry Cooper as he loses his last fight 2011
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It's 1971, the year of decimalisation and, more importantly, Alison's first summer.
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An overhaul of all coinage in April, being billed as the most significant change to the currency since decimalisation, will see it replaced with a representation of modern Britain ...
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The British pre-decimal penny was so big that it cost more than 1d to make (and had more than 1d of scrap metal in it) by the mid-60s, so the government started us on a five-year move towards decimalisation.
Is the (US) penny doomed? | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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Yet we are told that under the most significant overhaul of coinage since decimalisation, she is to be replaced with a representation of modern Britain, whatever that may be.
Archive 2008-01-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
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I'm sure people resisted decimalisation but that happened - let's complete the task.
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Wormleighton's post office closed when decimalisation came in - it was too much for the post mistress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Wormleighton's post office closed when decimalisation came in - it was too much for the post mistress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Wormleighton's post office closed when decimalisation came in - it was too much for the post mistress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Wormleighton's post office closed when decimalisation came in - it was too much for the post mistress.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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