- British shilling
- nouna former monetary unit in Great Britain• Hypernyms: ↑British monetary unit• Part Meronyms: ↑cent
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British shilling
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Shilling — This article is about coinage. For other uses, see shilling (disambiguation). A 1933 UK shilling The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an… … Wikipedia
shilling — /shil ing/, n. 1. a cupronickel coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: retained in circulation equal to 5 new pence after decimalization in 1971. Abbr.: s. 2. a former monetary unit of… … Universalium
British monetary unit — noun monetary unit in Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑monetary unit • Hyponyms: ↑British pound, ↑pound, ↑British pound sterling, ↑pound sterling, ↑quid, ↑British shilling, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… … Wikipedia
Shilling — Billet de 10 shillings du Kenya à l effigie de Daniel Arap Moi (année 1989) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Schilling. Le shilling ou schilling est une unité monétaire utilisée dans … Wikipédia en Français
Shilling (disambiguation) — The shilling was a coin used in British Commonwealth countries and was continued to be used in countries that left the commonwealth, such as Ireland and Tanzania. Several African countries continue to have national currencies named… … Wikipedia
shilling shocker — noun 1. : a novel of crime or violence especially popular in late Victorian England and costing originally one shilling compare dime novel, penny dreadful 2. : a usually short novel that is characterized by sensational incidents and lurid writing … Useful english dictionary
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