shilling
shilling
Definition
shil·ling (s̸hil′iŋ)
noun
- a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to of a pound or 12 pence
- a cupronickel coin worth one shilling: coinage discontinued in 1971
- a former monetary unit of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth, equal to of a pound or 12 pence
- the basic monetary unit of:
- Kenya
- Somalia
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- any of several coins of colonial America
Etymology: ME schilling < OE scylling, akin to Ger schilling < Gmc *skildling, prob. < *skild- (see shield) + *-ling, -ling
shilling
Synonyms
shilling Finance Definition
The
currency unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda, comprised of 100 cents.
shilling
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- forfeit: If any one transgresses this necessary Rule, he shall each time forfeit one shilling.
- earn: I earn 150 shillings a day ( just over £ 1 ), which is not enough to feed my family.
- pay: He was paid 20 shillings for each witch captured.
- fine: Prices had to be posted or the miller was fined 20 shillings.
- steal: He had this time stolen seven shillings, all now spent in sweets.
- contribute: In September 1545 Tylcock was elected Junior Bailiff, and in October 1547 he contributed a shilling toward Dame Margaret Northern's coffer.
Adjective modifier
- Tanzanian: Money The official unit of currency is the Tanzanian shilling ( Tsh ) and there are no smaller denominations.
- Kenyan: Sometimes she only manages to sell one fish a day â for about 35 Kenyan shillings.
Modifies a noun
- coin: This is a silver half pound or ten shilling coin dated 1642.
Noun used with modifier
- ffifty: To the Poore of the Towne of Penzance the Sume of ffifty shillings.
- forty: Another Court called the County Arrest, which does the same thing for sums under forty shillings.
- fourteen: In Birley's cotton factory 1,200 are employed, the majority girls, who earn from ten to fourteen shillings a week.
- twelve: It had apartments for six men, who were given twelve shillings a month.
- eleven: William also holds one monastery in Dover from the Bishop; it pays him eleven shillings; the Canons claim it.
- pound: In the old system of pounds shillings and pence all the units were used.
Preposition: in
- pound: This parish was rated to the four shilling in the pound Land Tax in 1696, for one year, at £ 86 10s.
Preposition: per
shilling Quotes
Whenyou've shouted'Rule Britannia', whenyou've sung 'God save the Queen'ö When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouthö Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in Kharki ordered South?
'Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?' Said the Piggy,'I will.'
Browse dictionary entries near shilling
- shillelagh
- shill
- shilingi
- shiksa
- Shikoku
- shikker
- shikari
- shikar
- Shijiazhuang
- Shiite
- Shilluk
- shilly-shally
- Shiloh
- shim
- shimmer
- shimmering
- shimmy
- Shimomura, Tsutomu
- Shimonoseki
- shin
