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shilling

(ʃɪlɪŋ)
Word forms: plural shillings
countable noun
A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound.

shilling in British English

(ˈʃɪlɪŋ)
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: /-
Word origin
Old English scilling; related to Old Norse skillingr, Gothic skilliggs, Old High German skilling

shilling in American English

(ˈʃɪlɪŋ)
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
3. 
any of several coins of colonial America
Word origin
ME schilling < OE scylling, akin to Ger schilling < Gmc *skildling, prob. < *skild- (see shield) + *-ling, -ling1

Examples of 'shilling' in a sentence
shilling

My pay was to be two pounds eight shillings a week.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
That was the time when wages for a farm worker were ten or twelve shillings a week.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
It made indelible witnesses of citizens who could afford five shillings to buy one.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You can take the rest of the five shillings on account.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
She was determined to lay out her five shillings to the best possible advantage.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
It soon raised the maximum to five shillings.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He used to give rides round the meadows at five shillings a time.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
He was a greengrocer with a ginger beard and he used to pay me a shilling for the day.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
There was five shillings in it.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
We may as well go back to pounds, shilling and pence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Things up to ten shillings were called "lows'.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
They cost one shilling a time, which was considerably more than the common man could spare.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He left school at 15 and toured with a juvenile band for ten shillings a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Economic policy is not merely pounds, shillings and pence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But pounds, shillings and pence are unspecified.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I have received your outstanding help of ten thousand shillings.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
And if we only got ten shillings a week it would be something to begin with, wouldn’t it?
E. Nesbit The Treasure Seekers (1899)
It would be a further five years before the currency went decimal and we stopped using pounds, shillings and pence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Twenty-five pounds and eight shillings.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A crowd of 2,000 attended the match and they each paid one shilling for the privilege.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I'd be very surprised if it was anything over ten shillings.
John Walsh ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies (2004)
As much as 80 per cent of the currency is bogus, so no one has any idea what the shilling might be worth.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

All related terms of 'shilling'

shilling mark
to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes , as with a sword , knife , etc
king's shilling
(until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army
queen's shilling
(until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army
take the king's shilling
to enlist in the army
take the queen's shilling
to enlist in the army
slash
If you slash something, you make a long, deep cut in it.
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