shilling

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shilling

A shopkeeper counts out several shillings for a customer.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A former British coin and monetary unit: A coin and unit of currency that was used in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve old pence.
    • A modern unit of currency: The basic unit of money in several East African nations, including Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda, each subdivided into 100 cents.
Usage and Examples

  • Noun (Historical British):

    • Before decimalization in 1971, there were twenty shillings in a British pound.
    • The old price was often listed as 'five shillings and sixpence'.

  • Noun (Modern East African):

    • The bus fare in Nairobi is fifty Kenyan shillings.
    • He exchanged his dollars for Ugandan shillings at the airport.
Advanced Usage and Idioms

  • "To cut someone off with a shilling" (idiom, historical): To disinherit someone, often by leaving them only a token amount (like one shilling) in a will to show the disinheritance was intentional.

    • The angry father threatened to cut off his rebellious son with a shilling.

  • "To take the King's/Queen's shilling" (idiom, historical): To enlist in the British army, referring to the historical practice of giving a shilling to a new recruit as a symbolic first payment.

    • In times of war, many young men would take the King's shilling.
Variants and Related Words
  • Shilling mark: Another term for the slash (/) symbol, especially in its historical use to separate shillings and pence (e.g., 5/6 for five shillings and sixpence).
  • Shillings: The standard plural form.
Synonyms
  • Bob (noun, informal, historical British): A colloquial term for a shilling.
    • It cost me a few bob.
  • Coin / Monetary unit: General terms.
Related Phrases
  • Shilling shocker (noun, historical): A cheap, sensational novel or story, originally costing one shilling.
    • He enjoyed reading Victorian shilling shockers.
shilling

A shopkeeper counts out several shillings for a customer.

Noun
  1. an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
  2. a former monetary unit in Great Britain
  3. the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
  4. the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
  5. the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
  6. the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

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