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shilling

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  account,  of  Great  Britain  and 
  its  dependencies,  equal  to  twelve  pence,  or  the  twentieth 
  part  of  a  pound,  equivalent  to  about  twenty-four  cents  of 
  the  United  States  currency. 
 
  2.  In  the  United  States,  a  denomination  of  money,  differing 
  in  value  in  different  States.  It  is  not  now  legally 
  recognized. 
 
  Note:  Many  of  the  States  while  colonies  had  issued  bills  of 
  credit  which  had  depreciated  in  different  degrees  in 
  the  different  colonies.  Thus  in  New  England  currency 
  (used  also  in  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Indiana, 
  Illinois,  Missouri,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  and  Florida), 
  after  the  adoption  of  the  decimal  system,  the  pound  in 
  paper  money  was  worth  only  $3.333,  and  the  shilling  16? 
  cts.,  or  6s.  to  $1;  in  New  York  currency  (also  in  North 
  Carolina,  Ohio,  and  Michigan),  the  pound  was  worth 
  $2.50,  and  the  shilling  121/2  cts.,  or  8s.  to  $1;  in 
  Pennsylvania  currency  (also  in  New  Jersey,  Delaware, 
  and  Maryland),  the  pound  was  worth  $2.70,  and  the 
  shilling  131/2  cts.,  or  7s.  6d.  to  $1;  and  in  Georgia 
  currency  (also  in  South  Carolina),  the  pound  was  worth 
  $4.29?,  and  the  shilling  21?  cts.,  or  4s  8d.  to  $1.  In 
  many  parts  of  the  country  .  .  .  the  reckoning  by 
  shillings  and  pence  is  not  yet  entirely  abandoned. 
  --Am.  Cyc. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shilling 
  n  1:  the  basic  unit  of  money  in  Uganda;  equal  to  100  cents  [syn: 
  {Ugandan  shilling}] 
  2:  the  basic  unit  of  money  in  Tanzania;  equal  to  100  cents 
  [syn:  {Tanzanian  shilling}] 
  3:  the  basic  unit  of  money  in  Somalia;  equal  to  100  cents  [syn: 
  {Somalian  shilling}] 
  4:  the  basic  unit  of  money  in  Kenya;  equal  to  100  cents  [syn:  {Kenyan 
  shilling}] 
  5:  a  former  monetary  unit  in  Great  Britain  [syn:  {British 
  shilling},  {bob}] 
  6:  an  English  coin  worth  one  twentieth  of  a  pound




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