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gld

gld is the abbreviation of guilder.

Meaning of guilder

Noun

guilder (plural guilders)

  1. The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
    • [N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]1621, Orders and Articles Granted by the High and Mightie Lords the States General of the Vnited Provinces, Concerning the Erecting of a VVest Indian Companie: Together with the Priuiledges and...
  2. The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
  3. The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Questions about gld

What is gld the abbreviation of?
Gld is the abbreviation of guilder.

Words near gld in the dictionary

  1. GLC
  2. GLCM
  3. GLCMs
  4. GlcNAc
  5. GLCSE
  6. gld
  7. glead
  8. Gleadless
  9. Gleadless Townend
  10. gleads
  11. gleak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gld (page history and authors); guilder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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