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.
TABE stands for Tests of Adult Basic Education. It is designed to assess reading, mathematics, language, and spelling skills. It also includes a version in Spanish and Independent tests that assess basic skills in. work-related contexts. TABE is available in paper-and-pencil and computer-based formats.