shekel

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
2. noun Money.
3. noun An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

Similar words

bread cabbage dinero dough gelt kale loot lucre moolah pelf

Often followed by

of was and is for tax in to or

Word family

shekalim shekelim shekels sheqalim sheqel sheqels