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shil⋅ling
[shil-ing] 
–noun
| 1. | a cupronickel coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: retained in circulation equal to 5 new pence after decimalization in 1971. Abbreviation: s. |
| 2. | a former monetary unit of various other nations, as Australia, Fiji, Ghana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, and Nigeria, equal to one twentieth of a pound or 12 pence. |
| 3. | the monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda, equal to 100 cents. |
| 4. | any of various coins and moneys of account used in various parts of the U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| 5. | shilling mark. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE scilling; c. D schelling, G Schilling, ON skillingr, Goth skillings
bef. 900; ME; OE scilling; c. D schelling, G Schilling, ON skillingr, Goth skillings
shill
[shil] Slang.–noun
| 1. | a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc. |
| 2. | a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to work as a shill: He shills for a large casino. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle: He was hired to shill a new TV show. |
Origin:
1920–25; orig. uncert.
1920–25; orig. uncert.
shilling mark
–noun
| a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.” |
Also called shilling.
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| shill (shĭl) n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle. v. shilled, shill·ing, shills v. intr. To act as a shill. v. tr.
[Perhaps short for shillaber.] |
| shil·ling (shĭl'ĭng) n.
[Middle English, from Old English scilling.] |
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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. 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. York shilling. Same as Shilling, 3.
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Language Translation for : shilling
Spanish:
chelín,
German:
der Schilling,
Japanese:
シリング
shilling
O.E. scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from P.Gmc. *skillingoz- (cf. O.S., Dan., Swed., O.Fris., O.H.G. skilling, O.N. skillingr, Du. schelling, Ger. Schilling, Goth. skilliggs), which some etymologists trace to the base *skell- "to resound, to ring," and others to the base *skel- "to split, to divide" (perhaps via sense of "shield;" see shield). The ending may represent the dim. suffix -ling. O.C.S. skulezi, Sp. escalin, Fr. schelling, It. scellino are Gmc. loan-words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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shilling
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shilling
former English and British coin, nominally valued at one-twentieth of a pound sterling, or 12 pence. The shilling was also formerly the monetary unit of Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Ireland. Today it is the basic monetary unit in Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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