Толковый словарь английского языка - shilling
Shilling
shilling
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scilling; akin to Old High German skilling, a gold coin Date: before 12th century 1. a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom equal to 12 pence or 1/20 pound, a former monetary unit equal to 1/20 pound of any of various countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth of Nations, a coin representing one ~, any of several early American coins, see: money
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n. 1 hist. a former British coin and monetary unit worth one-twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. 2 a monetary unit in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Phrases and idioms shilling-mark hist. = SOLIDUS. take the King's (or Queen's) shilling hist. enlist as a soldier (formerly a soldier was paid a shilling on enlisting). Etymology: OE scilling, f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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