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Shilling

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Noun

1. shilling, ugandan shilling

the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

2. shilling, tanzanian shilling

the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents

3. shilling, somalian shilling

the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents

4. kenyan shilling, shilling

the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents

5. bob, british shilling, shilling

a former monetary unit in Great Britain

6. shilling

an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shilling

see synonyms of shilling
noun
1. 
a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound: not minted in Britain since 1970
. Abbreviation: s, sh
2. 
the standard monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda: divided into 100 cents
3. 
an old monetary unit of the US varying in value in different states
4. (in combination) Scottish
an indication of the strength and character of a beer, referring to the price after duty that was formerly paid per barrel
sixty-shilling
. Symbol: /-

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shilling

see synonyms of shilling
noun
1. 
a. 
a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to 1⁄20 of a pound or 12 pence
b. 
a cupronickel coin worth one shilling: coinage discontinued in 1971
c. 
a former monetary unit of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth, equal to 1⁄20 of a pound or 12 pence
2. 
the basic monetary unit of:
a. 
Kenya
b. 
Somalia
c. 
Tanzania
d. 
Uganda
see the table of monetary units in the Reference Supplement
3. 
any of several coins of colonial America

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shilling

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n.
1. Abbr. s. A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, worth one twentieth of a pound, 5 new pence, or 12 old pence prior to 1971.
2. See Table at currency.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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