Guilder definitions

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The primary unit of currency in the Netherlands before the adoption of the euro.
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The former basic monetary unit of the Netherlands, superseded in 2002 by the euro.
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The former monetary unit of Suriname.
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A former coin of Germany, Austria, etc.
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The currency unit of the Netherlands, comprised of 100 cents, and Suriname.
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The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
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The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
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The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.
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(rare) Gilder.
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Origin of guilder

Middle English gilder alteration of Middle Dutch gulden golden ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • The members of the second chamber are chosen in the electoral districts by all capable male citizens not under 23 years of age, who pay one or more direct taxes, ranging from a minimum of one guilder (is.

  • The following table affords comparisons in the revenue and expenditure: - The monetary system is similar to that of Holland (the unit being the guilder), but there are also certain silver and copper coins of small value bearing Malay or Javanese inscriptions.

  • One day's gratuitous labour out of seven or more can be demanded of labourers either on private or on government estates; but in 1882 this form of labour was for the most part abolished as far as government estates were concerned, each labourer so exempted paying one guilder per year.

  • The Company promised to permit the patroons to engage in the fur trade, whenever it had no commissary of its own, subject to a tax of one guilder (40 cents) on each skin, and to engage in other trade along the coast from Newfoundland to Florida subject to a tax of 5% on goods shipped to Europe.

  • The Dutch guilder fell against the pound by about the same amount (from 3.1 to 3.6 ).

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