Shilling Definition
shĭlĭng
shillings
noun
shillings
A former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to120 of a pound or 12 pence.
Webster's New World
A cupronickel coin worth one shilling: coinage discontinued in 1971
Webster's New World
A former monetary unit of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth, equal to120 of a pound or 12 pence.
Webster's New World
The basic monetary unit of:
Webster's New World
Any of several coins of colonial America.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Ugandan shilling
- Tanzanian shilling
- Somalian shilling
- Kenyan shilling
- bob
- British shilling
- bobstick
- ten new pence
- twelve pence
verb
Present participle of shill.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Shilling
Noun
Singular:
shilling
Plural:
shillingsOrigin of Shilling
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Old English scilling, Proto-Germanic *skillingaz http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shilling
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English scilling
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From shill.
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