The half-noble (three shillings and four pence = 40 pence) and, two years later, the quarter-noble of one shilling and eight pence (20 pence) were also issued. These new coins were of the correct weight for the values assigned to them.
Both definitions of AFE refer to money a business or other organization spends, but that is where the similarity ends. An authorization for expenditure must be followed up by an actual cost accounting, as a project may come in under or over the authorized budget.
ECE is an initialism with disparate meanings, including: 1  Electrical and computer engineering, a discipline that combines electrical engineering and computer science and engineering. Electronics and communication engineering, a discipline that combines electronics engineering and Computer, Information and communication technology. 2  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, a United Nations agency promulgating automotive technical regulations based on international consensus.