EGAVE

shilling

About 1.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  3. noun A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  4. noun The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
  5. noun Alternative form of schilling, a coin formerly used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
  6. noun Alternative form of skilling, a coin formerly used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
  7. verb present participle and gerund of shill

Similar words

bob british shilling kenyan shilling somalian shilling tanzanian shilling ugandan shilling dime penny cent schilling

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Word family

shealing shillings

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