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1. (n.) shilling
a coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: discontinued after decimalization in 1971. Abbr.: s.
2. shilling
a former monetary unit of various other nations orig. settled or colonized by Great Britain.
3. shilling
the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
4. shilling
any of various coins and moneys of account formerly used in parts of the U.S.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE scilling, c. OFris, OS, OHG skilling, ON skillingr, Go skillings)
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1. (noun) Ugandan shilling, shilling
the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
2. (noun) Tanzanian shilling, shilling
the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
3. (noun) Somalian shilling, shilling
the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
4. (noun) Kenyan shilling, shilling
the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
5. (noun) British shilling, shilling, bob
a former monetary unit in Great Britain
6. (noun) shilling
an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shilling
a silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency
2. (noun) shilling
in the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized
3. (noun) shilling
the Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2
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Sense: in Britain until 1971, a coin worth one-twentieth of `1.
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 Afrikaans: sjieling |
 Arabic: شِلِن |
 Bulgarian: шилинг |
 Brazilian: xelim |
 Czech: šilink |
 German: der Schilling |
 Danish: shilling |
 Greek: σελίνι |
 Spanish: chelín |
 Estonian: ðilling |
 Farsi: شيلينگ ؛ سكه انگليسي |
 Finnish: shillinki |
 French: shilling |
 Hebrew: שִׁילִינְג |
 Hindi: 1971तक ब्रिटेन में प्रचलि |
 Croatian: šiling, britanska novčana |
 Hungarian: shilling |
 Indonesian: shilling |
 Icelandic: skildingur |
 Italian: scellino |
 Japanese: シリング |
 Korean: (영국 화폐 단위) 실링 |
 Lithuanian: šilingas |
 Latvian: šiliņš |
 Malay: duit syiling |
 Dutch: shilling |
 Norwegian: shilling |
 Polish: szyling |
 Persian: شيلينگ ؛ سكه انگليسي |
 Pashto: شلينګ، برتانوي دسپينو زرو |
 Romanian: şiling |
 Russian: шиллинг |
 Slovak: šiling |
 Slovenian: šiling |
 Serbian: šiling |
 Swedish: shilling |
 Thai: เหรียญเงินชิลลิงแบบเก่าขอ |
 Turkish: şilin |
 Taiwanese: (英國1971年以前的貨幣單位)先令 |
 Ukrainian: шилінг |
 Urdu: سابقہ برطانوی سکہ، ایک پو |
 Vietnamese: đồng si-ling |
 Chinese: 先令（英币单位） |
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