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Shilling

//ˈʃɪlɪŋ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling. historical

    "A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair."

  2. 2
    an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound wordnet
  3. 3
    The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  4. 4
    a former monetary unit in Great Britain wordnet
  5. 5
    A currency in the United States, differing in value between states. US, historical
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  1. 6
    the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents wordnet
  2. 7
    The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar. US, historical
  3. 8
    the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents wordnet
  4. 9
    Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig. alt-of, alternative, historical

    "The smaller silver coins of Europe, such as the solidus or German shilling, the mark, and others never found their way east in any quantity on account of their small size and value."

  5. 10
    the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents wordnet
  6. 11
    Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Danemark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning. alt-of, alternative, historical

    "And without that profit an employee with my salary can make only a poor living and not be able to save one Danish shilling."

  7. 12
    the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling.

Etymology 2

See shill.

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