shilling

shilling
shil|ling [ˈʃılıŋ] n
[: Old English; Origin: scilling]
1.) an old British coin or unit of money. There were 20 shillings in one pound.
2.) the standard unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia

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  • shilling — [ ʃiliŋ ] n. m. • 1656; chelin 1558; mot angl. ♦ Ancienne unité monétaire anglaise, valant un vingtième de la livre, ou douze pence. ⊗ HOM. Schilling. ● shilling nom masculin (anglais shilling) Unité monétaire principale du Kenya, de l Ouganda,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Shilling — Shil ling, n. [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling; akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw. & Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh. to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.] 1. A silver coin, and money of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shilling — ► NOUN 1) a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. 2) the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. ● not the full shilling Cf. ↑not the full shilling ● take the King s (or Queen s)… …   English terms dictionary

  • shilling — (n.) O.E. scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from P.Gmc. *skillingoz (Cf. O.S., Dan., Swed., O.Fris., O.H.G. skilling, O.N. skillingr …   Etymology dictionary

  • shilling — [shil′iŋ] n. [ME schilling < OE scylling, akin to Ger schilling < Gmc * skildling, prob. < * skild (see SHIELD) + * ling, LING1] 1. a) a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to 1/ 20 of a pound or 12 pence b) a cupronickel… …   English World dictionary

  • Shilling — (engl., spr. Schilling), englische Silbermünze von Viergroschenstückgröße, mit dem Brustbilde des Königs (der Königin) u. dem Wappen des Reichs bezeichnet, zerfällt in 12 Pence; 20 S. gehen auf das Pfund Sterling. Zuerst wurden sie um 1500 unter… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Shilling — (abgekürzt s und sh), Rechnungsstufe der Sterlingwährung = 1/20 Pfund, als engl. Silbermünze zu 12 Pence 5,65518 g schwer und 37/40 fein = 0,941587 Mk., vor 1816 aber 6,02 g schwer und = 1,00233 Mk. der Talerwährung. Den ersten S. prägte Heinrich …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Shilling — Shilling, engl. Silbermünze = 1/20 Pfd. St. = 1,02 M …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • shilling — SHÍLLING s.m. v. şiling1. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • shilling — s. m. Ver xelim.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 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

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