shilling
IPA: ʃˈɪɫɪŋ
noun
- (historical) 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.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- A surname.
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Examples of "shilling" in Sentences
- It seems like a bit of shilling.
- Now you are shilling onWikipedia.
- It was a waste of a good shilling.
- It was priced ten and a half shilling.
- In 1877 a penny of shilling denomination.
- Either that, or you're shilling for Evony.
- A duty of a shilling was placed on advertisements.
- There was no 'shilling sign' and shilling was abbreviated as s.