shilling
Syllables: shil·ling/ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
shilling noun: 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. Also the alternative form of schilling.
Noun
shilling (plural shillings)
- 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.
- A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings...1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
Proper noun capitalized: Shilling
Shilling (plural Shillings)
- A surname.
Also used as
shilling is also the alternative form of schilling.
shilling is also the alternative form of skilling.
shilling is also the present participle and gerund of shill.
shilling meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Malay
shilling in Hindi
- former coin
- शिलिंग śiliṅg
shilling in Arabic
- currency
- شِلِّن šillin
shilling in Malay
- currency
- syiling
- former coin
- syiling
Examples of shilling in a sentence
- Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?
- I could get thirty shillings in the local fish-and-chipper on a Saturday night.
- Traditionally it would cost two and six – two shillings and six pence.
Synonyms of shilling
Forms of shilling
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shillings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shillings |
Origin of shilling
From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-West Germanic *skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. Compare typologically Russian рубль (rublʹ) (akin to руби́ть (rubítʹ)), полти́на (poltína), полти́нник (poltínnik) (akin to Proto-Slavic *tęti).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from shilling
Phrases with shilling
- shilling marks
- shilling signs
- shilling shockers
- took the shilling
- taken the shilling
- takes the shilling
- taking the shilling
- look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
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Words that rhyme with shilling
- filling
- milling
- billing
- quilling
- chilling
- killing
- take the shilling
- drilling
- fulfilling
- grilling
- spilling
- trilling
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Questions about shilling
- What does shilling mean?
- Shilling means 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.
- What is shilling in Hindi?
- Shilling in Hindi is शिलिंग (śiliṅg). See Shilling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shilling?
- Shilling can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shilling?
- Shilling is pronounced /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shilling?
- The plural of shilling is shillings.
Words near shilling in the dictionary
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