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shilling signs

shilling signs is the plural of shilling sign.

Meaning of shilling sign

Noun

shilling sign (plural shilling signs)

  1. The symbol '/' used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation to separate shillings from pence when writing out sums of money. (Examples: 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.)

Questions about shilling signs

What is shilling signs the plural of?
Shilling signs is the plural of shilling sign.

Words near shilling signs in the dictionary

  1. shilling mark
  2. shilling marks
  3. shilling shocker
  4. shilling shockers
  5. shilling sign
  6. shilling signs
  7. Shillingburg
  8. Shillingburgs
  9. shillinge
  10. shillinges
  11. Shillingford

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