shilling
Meanings
Plural: shillings
Noun
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- 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.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
Verb
- act as a shill
- present participle and gerund of shill
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling.
Synonyms
Abraham's willing, bob, British shilling, deener, gen, generalise, hog, Kenyan shilling, shill, Somalian shilling, Tanzanian shilling, Ugandan shilling
Scrabble Score: 12
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