shilling 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɪlɪŋ]
n . 先令
先令
shilling n 1 :
the basic unit of money in Uganda ;
equal to 100 cents [
synonym :
{
Ugandan shilling }, {
shilling }]
2 :
the basic unit of money in Tanzania ;
equal to 100 cents [
synonym :
{
Tanzanian shilling }, {
shilling }]
3 :
the basic unit of money in Somalia ;
equal to 100 cents [
synonym :
{
Somalian shilling }, {
shilling }]
4 :
the basic unit of money in Kenya ;
equal to 100 cents [
synonym :
{
Kenyan shilling }, {
shilling }]
5 :
a former monetary unit in Great Britain [
synonym : {
British shilling }, {
shilling }, {
bob }]
6 :
an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound 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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
In the United States ,
a denomination of money ,
differing in value in different States .
It is not now legally recognized .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 162 /
3 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 .
20 [
frac67 ],
and the shilling 21 [
frac37 ]
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 . (
1890 )
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The Spanish real ,
of the value of one eight of a dollar ,
or 12 ?
cets ; --
formerly so called in New York and some other States .
See Note under 2 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
York shilling }.
Same as {
Shilling },
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shill -
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I 64 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shilling ":
Deutschmark ,
Mark ,
Reichsmark ,
afghani ,
anna ,
baht ,
bawbee ,
cent ,
centavo ,
centime ,
conto ,
crown ,
dollar ,
dong ,
farthing ,
fiver ,
florin ,
fourpence ,
fourpenny ,
franc ,
groat ,
guilder ,
guinea ,
gulden ,
halfpenny ,
kip ,
kopeck ,
krona ,
krone ,
lira ,
mag ,
meg ,
milreis ,
mite ,
monkey ,
new pence ,
np ,
p ,
pence ,
penny ,
peseta ,
pie ,
piece of eight ,
pistareen ,
pony ,
pound ,
quid ,
rand ,
rial ,
ruble ,
rupee ,
shekel ,
sixpence ,
sol ,
sou ,
stiver ,
tenner ,
threepence ,
threepenny bit ,
thrippence ,
tuppence ,
twopence ,
won ,
yen
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Shilling - Wikipedia The Somali shilling has been the currency of parts of Somalia since 1921, when the East African shilling was introduced to the former British Somaliland protectorate
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shilling - Wiktionary, the free dictionary shilling (plural shillings) (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling quotations
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Shilling (British coin) - Wikipedia The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1 -", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth ⁄ of one pound, or twelve pre-decimal pence