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shilling
shil·ling S0134200 (shĭl′ĭng)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.
[Middle English, from Old English scilling.]shilling (ˈʃɪlɪŋ) n1. (Currencies) a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound: not minted in Britain since 1970. Abbreviation: s or sh 2. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda: divided into 100 cents3. (Currencies) an old monetary unit of the US varying in value in different states4. (Brewing) (in combination) Scot 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: /- [Old English scilling; related to Old Norse skillingr, Gothic skilliggs, Old High German skilling]shil•ling (ˈʃɪl ɪŋ)
n. 1. a coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: discontinued after decimalization in 1971. Abbr.: s. 2. a former monetary unit of various other nations orig. settled or colonized by Great Britain. 3. the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. 4. any of various coins and moneys of account formerly used in parts of the U.S. 5. virgule. [before 900; Middle English; Old English scilling, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German skilling, Old Norse skillingr, Gothic skillings] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  shilling - the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 centsUgandan shillingUgandan monetary unit - monetary unit in Uganda | | 2. | shilling - the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 centsTanzanian shillingTanzanian monetary unit - monetary unit in Tanzania | | 3. | shilling - the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 centsSomalian shillingSomalian monetary unit - monetary unit in Somalia | | 4. | shilling - the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 centsKenyan shillingKenyan monetary unit - monetary unit in Kenya | | 5. | shilling - a former monetary unit in Great Britainbob, British shillingcent - a fractional monetary unit of several countriesBritish monetary unit - monetary unit in Great Britain | | 6. | shilling - an English coin worth one twentieth of a poundcoin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
Translationsshilling (ˈʃiliŋ) noun1. in Britain until 1971, a coin worth one-twentieth of `1. (英國1971年以前的貨幣單位)先令 先令（英币单位） 2. in certain East African countries, a coin worth 100 cents. 部份東非國家的貨幣先令，等於100分 先令（东非一些国家货币单位） shilling
cut off with a shillingTo be intentionally disinherited from a will by being bequeathed a single shilling rather than left nothing at all. Primarily heard in UK. My father never liked that I gave up medicine to become a writer, so he cut me off with a shilling when he died.See also: cut, off, shillingcut off1. verb Literally, to remove something from something else by cutting. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." Your plant might bloom again if you cut off the dead flowers.2. verb To abruptly move in front of another driver, either intentionally or unintentionally. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." Can you believe that jerk cut me off like that? I nearly hit him!3. verb To interrupt one and stop them from talking. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." After my mom had been droning on for nearly five minutes, I just had to cut her off. Hey, don't cut me off—I'm not done my story.4. verb To stop something from working; to turn something off. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." When the fuse blew, it cut off the power to the entire second floor. Look, if you don't pay your bill, the electric company will cut off your electricity.5. verb To stop giving money to someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." My parents have threatened to cut me off as soon as I turn 30, so I need to find a job. If the school board cuts off funding for the arts, then what will become of the theater program?6. verb To change direction. Follow the river to where it cuts off to the left and then you'll see the picnic area.7. verb To turn off a particular road. And then you cut off here and get on this dirt road. I swear we're almost there.8. verb To prevent access to a particular area or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." I had to take a detour because the water department had blocked a bunch of streets, cutting me off from my house.9. verb To isolate or sequester someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." The investigators plan to cut the suspect off from his bosses, in the hope that he will confess.10. verb To end unexpectedly or abruptly. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." No one was disappointed when the principal's microphone came unplugged, cutting off his speech. Aw man, why did the music cut off?11. verb To intercept someone or something that is en route to another location. The shipment of humanitarian supplies was cut off at the border by the government troops. The sheriff cut off the robbers just as they were about to pass through the gulch.12. In baseball, to intercept a ball that has been thrown to a different player. The shortstop cut off the throw from the outfield because the runner had already scored.13. verb To disinherit or disown someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." If you continue to fight with your mother like this, she may just cut you off and leave you with nothing.14. verb To stop serving one alcohol, typically because they are intoxicated. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." They're going to cut off Tina if she keeps acting like that in here.15. adjective Indicating an end point for something. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. The cutoff date for the contest is tomorrow, so I hope you've finished your entry.16. adjective In baseball, describing one who intercepts a ball thrown to a different player. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. The shortstop acted as the cutoff man and then threw the ball to the catcher.17. adjective Too intoxicated to keep being served alcohol. When I nearly fell off my stool for the third time, the bartender told me that I was cut off.18. noun The act of ending or stopping something. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. If there is a cutoff of funding, then what will become of the theater program?19. noun A deadline. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. When is the cutoff for applications to be sent in?20. noun Pants that have been cut into shorts, typically with a ragged hem. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word and pluralized ("cutoffs"). I had only brought jeans with me on the trip, and it was so hot that I had to turn them into cutoffs.See also: cut, offno more than ninepence in the shillingobsolete Having no or little intelligence or common sense. Primarily heard in UK. The fool, who is no more than ninepence in the shilling, took the natives' aggressive overtures as being an enthusiastic greeting to the colonists.See also: more, ninepence, no, shillingnot the full shillingRather stupid or unintelligent; slightly crazy or unhinged. He's not the full shilling if he thinks that plan is going to work. Of course he's not the full shilling—he's wearing pajamas at the beach!See also: full, not, shillingtake the King's/Queen's shillingold-fashioned To fight in a war in the name of England and its King (or Queen, depending on the ruling monarch of the time). Many Irish soldiers who took the King's shilling in World War I either died in battle or returned home to a country that now viewed them as traitors to the revolutionary cause.See also: shilling, takeshill1. noun Someone who promotes or endorses some product, service, event, etc., in an extravagant, misleading, or insincere manner in return for money or some other self-interest. Originally referred to someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to lure other people into engaging in a swindle or con. It's sad seeing such a respectable actor become a shill for a used car company. I'm not a shill for their amusement park or anything, I just genuinely think everyone would love going there!2. verb To promote, endorse, or advertise something in such a manner. It's part of my contract to shill for this movie, even though I know that it is a total piece of garbage. I never trust anyone shilling for alternative medicines or miracle cures.cut off 1. to stop by itself or oneself. The machine got hot and cut off. Bob cut off in midsentence. 2. to turn off a road, path, highway, etc. This is the place where you are supposed to cut off. When you come to a cutoff on the left, continue on for about mile.See also: cut, offcut someone or something off (from something)to block or isolate someone or something from some place or something. They cut the cattle off from the wheat field. The enemy tanks cut off the troops from their camp.See also: cut, offcut someone or something off (short)Fig. to interrupt someone or something; to prevent someone from continuing to speak. (See also someone off">chop someone off.) In the middle of her sentence, the teacher cut her off short. Bob cut off Mary when she was trying to explain.See also: cut, offcut something off 1. to shorten something. Cut this board off a bit, would you? Cut off this board a little, please. 2. to turn something off, such as power, electricity, water, the engine, etc. Would you please cut that engine off? Cut off the engine, Chuck.See also: cut, offcut off1. Separate from others, isolate, as in The construction debris cut off the workers from the canteen, or The new sect was cut off from the church. [Late 1500s] 2. Stop suddenly, discontinue, as in He quickly cut off the engine, or The drama was cut off by a news flash about tornado warnings. [Late 1500s] 3. Shut off, bar, Their phone was cut off when they didn't pay the bill, or Tom's father threatened to cut off his allowance. [c. 1600] 4. Interrupt the course or passage of, intercept, as in The operator cut us off, or The shortstop cut off the throw to the plate. [Late 1500s] 5. Also, cut off with a shilling or cent . Disinherit, as in Grandfather cut him off with a shilling. This usage dates from the early 1700s; the purpose of bequeathing one shilling (a small sum) was to indicate that the heir had not been overlooked but was intentionally being disinherited. In America cent was substituted from about 1800 on. See also: cut, offnot the full shilling BRITISH, INFORMALIf you say that someone is not the full shilling, you mean that they are stupid or crazy. We all thought he wasn't quite the full shilling because he was slow — slow at sums and slow at writing.See also: full, not, shillingno more than ninepence in the shilling of low intelligence. dated Since the decimalization of the British coinage, this phrase has gradually fallen out of use, but there are numerous other humorous variations on the theme of someone not possessing their proper share of brains or intelligence, for example a sandwich short of a picnic (see sandwich).See also: more, ninepence, no, shillingnot the full shilling not mentally alert or quick-thinking.See also: full, not, shillingtake the King's (or Queen's) shilling enlist as a soldier. British It was once the practice to pay a shilling to a man who enlisted as a soldier.See also: shilling, takecut offv.1. To remove something by cutting: I cut off the tree branch. He cut his beard off.2. To interrupt someone who is speaking: Don't cut me off like that. The speaker was cut off by the crowd. The principal cut off the discussion when the assembly started.3. To separate someone from others; isolate someone: I don't want to cut my brother off from his friends. She was cut off from her family while she was gone. All contact was cut off.4. To stop something from functioning by disconnecting it from its source of power: Cut the power off. The landlord cut off the heat. The lights got cut off.5. To interrupt the course or passage of something: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate. The police cut all the routes of escape off.6. To interrupt or break the line of communication of someone: The telephone operator cut us off. The storm cut off the phone lines.7. To stop or come to an end suddenly: The music suddenly cut off.8. To change from one direction to another: The road goes straight over the hill and then cuts off to the right around the pond.9. To disinherit someone: They cut their heirs off without a cent. My parents changed their will and cut me off after I left home.10. To discontinue the funding for something, such as a government program: School breakfasts were cut off after the funding cuts. The mayor cut off free school lunches from the budget.11. To drive into the space in front of a moving car, often suddenly and recklessly: That taxi cut me off on the highway. The truck cut off the small car abruptly.See also: cut, offshill (ʃɪl)1. n. someone planted in the crowd to urge others to buy something, participate in something, etc. The guy’s a shill! Don’t fall for this setup! 2. in. to advertise for something; to give a sales pitch for something. Four stars of an old television show were there shilling for a major computer firm. cut off with(out) a shilling/centDisinherited. To write a will leaving someone just one shilling is equivalent to being left nothing; without a shilling, of course, explicitly means left nothing. The former is not just an insult. English law at one time required that some bequest be made so as to show that the disinheritance was intentional, and not an oversight. In America, “cent” was sometimes substituted for “shilling.” A cliché since about 1800, the term is now dying out.See also: cent, cut, off, shillingshilling
shilling1. a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound: not minted in Britain since 1970 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. Scot an indication of the strength and character of a beer, referring to the price after duty that was formerly paid per barrel Shilling (1) A British coin and monetary unit in use until the decimal monetary system was introduced in February 1971; equal to 12 pence, or 1/20 pound sterling. Shillings were minted in silver until 1946 and in a copper-nickel alloy until 1971. They circulated in British colonies and in the countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, where they constituted 1/20 of the local monetary unit. (2) The monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda since 1966 and of Somalia since 1960; equal to 100 cents. According to the rate of exchange set by the State Bank of the USSR in January 1978,100 Somalian shillings = 11.37 rubles. MedicalSeeSHShilling
Related to Shilling: British currencySHILLING, Eng. law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twentieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value. Shilling
Shilling1. In the United Kingdom, an informal term for a five pence coin. The term dates back to before decimalization, when a shilling was worth 1/20 of a pound. The term also persists with the same meaning for 1/20 of an Australian dollar.
2. The name of the currency in several Commonwealth countries.AcronymsSeeSshilling
Related to shilling: British currencySynonyms for shillingnoun the basic unit of money in UgandaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the basic unit of money in TanzaniaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the basic unit of money in SomaliaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the basic unit of money in KenyaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a former monetary unit in Great BritainSynonymsRelated Words- cent
- British monetary unit
noun an English coin worth one twentieth of a poundRelated Words |