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SHILLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A former monetary unit in Great Britain
Synonyms:
bob; British shilling; shilling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
British monetary unit (monetary unit in Great Britain)
Meronyms (parts of "shilling"):
cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
Synonyms:
Kenyan shilling; shilling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
Kenyan monetary unit (monetary unit in Kenya)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
Synonyms:
shilling; Somalian shilling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
Somalian monetary unit (monetary unit in Somalia)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
Synonyms:
shilling; Tanzanian shilling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
Tanzanian monetary unit (monetary unit in Tanzania)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
Synonyms:
shilling; Ugandan shilling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("shilling" is a kind of...):
Ugandan monetary unit (monetary unit in Uganda)
Context examples:
She has a blister on one of her heels, as large as a three-shilling piece.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
There are in it twenty-three marks, one noble, three shillings and fourpence, which is a great treasure for one man to carry.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he rolled over on his side with a heavy, sobbing sigh, saying: A sixpence is a tanner, and a shilling a bob; but what a pony is I don’t know.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Eight shillings for a bed and eightpence for a glass of sherry pointed to one of the most expensive hotels.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sir, it is a Moor Park, we bought it as a Moor Park, and it cost us—that is, it was a present from Sir Thomas, but I saw the bill—and I know it cost seven shillings, and was charged as a Moor Park.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I know very well, madam, said he, that when persons sit down to a card-table, they must take their chances of these things, and happily I am not in such circumstances as to make five shillings any object.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“You will show these gentlemen out, Mrs. Hudson, and kindly send the boy with this telegram. He is to pay a five-shilling reply.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I know that if a shilling were given me by Mr. Quinion at any time, I spent it in a dinner or a tea.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
