shekel

[ shek-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also sheq·el. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980.
an ancient, originally Babylonian, unit of weight, of varying value, taken as equal to the fiftieth or the sixtieth part of a mina or to about a quarter to half an ounce.
a coin of this weight, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.
shekels, Slang. money; cash.

shekel

/ ˈʃɛkəl /

Origin of shekel¹

First recorded in 1550–60, shekel is from the Hebrew word sheqel

Origin of shekel¹

C16: from Hebrew sheqel

Exporters would presumably like that, since it will lead to a devaluation of the shekel.

Israeli women make seventy agorot for each shekel earned by men with the same qualifications.

If a man has hired a ship of sixty gur, he shall give one-sixth of a shekel of silver per diem as her hire.

It consisted of a golden ear-ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of gold.

A talent weighed three thousand shekels, and a shekel two hundred and nineteen grains.

I will give you a quarter of a shekel for it; and if you find any more bring them to me.

Would the fire insurance folks have loosened up a shekel more, had old Nero squirted water on some grocer's cellar door?

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