Florin
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- 2 formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents wordnet
- 3 A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
"[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins."
- 4 the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents wordnet
- 5 The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
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- 6 A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- 7 A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- 1 A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
Example
More examples"[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins."
Etymology
From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino and forint.
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