Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
US
- Tuntematon aksentti:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
- Shilling on
sanan shill partisiipin preesens.
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
Esimerkit
- The shilling was 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 for the chair.
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