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Webster 1913 Edition


Averpenny

Av′er-penˊny

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Noun.
[
Aver
,
Noun.
+
penny
.]
(Old Eng. Law)
Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Webster 1828 Edition


Averpenny

AV'ERPENNY

,
Noun.
Money paid towards the kings carriages by land, instead of service by the beasts in kind.

Definition 2024


averpenny

averpenny

English

Noun

averpenny (countable and uncountable, plural averpennies)

  1. (law, obsolete) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.