decimalisation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Conversion to a decimal system.
Specifically, conversion of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).

/ˌdɛsɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

decimalisation decimalisations decimalization

From decimalise + -ation.

decimal decimalise old money

predecimalisation pre-decimalisation

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