shilling en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English 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).
Meanings
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(historical) 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 for the chair.
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, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (US, historical, qualifier:New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
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(alt-of, alternative, historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formerly used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
alt of schilling
The smaller silver coins of Europe, such as the solidus or German shilling, the mark, and others never found their way east in any quantity on account of their small size and value.
1909, United States Bureau of the Mint, “Annual Report of the Director of the Mint”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 281:
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(alt-of, alternative, historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formerly used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
alt of skilling
And without that profit an employee with my salary can make only a poor living and not be able to save one Danish shilling.
2013, Selena Axelro Winsnes, A Danish Jew in West Africa: Wulff Joseph Wulff, Biography and Letters 1836-1842, pages 186-187:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shillings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shilling shocker · poor man's shilling · King's shilling · Queen's shilling · shilling sign · shillingsworth · shillingworth · shillingless · the full shilling · take the shilling · sea shilling · shilling mark · look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence · tenpence to the shilling
Descendants
Relateds
schilling · solidus · skilding · skilling
Synonyms
generalise · hog · bob · deener · gen · Abraham's willing
Translations (60)
ga scilling (currency) · es chelín (currency) · ro șiling (currency) · bg шилинг (currency) · so shilin (currency) · af sjieling (former coin) · el σελίνι (former coin) · bg шилинг (former coin) · fr shilling (former coin) · mi heringi (currency) · cy swllt (former coin) · kw sols (former coin) · ms syiling (former coin) · pt xelim (former coin) · es chelín (former coin) · it scellino (currency) · ca xíling (former coin) · fr chelin (former coin) · sco shillin (former coin) · eo ŝilingo (currency) · nl shilling (currency) · nrf ch'lîn (former coin) · fr shilling (currency) · cmn 先令 (currency) · hi शिलिंग (former coin) · ar شِلِّن (currency) · mi heringi (former coin) · ka შილინგი (former coin) · ota شیلین (former coin) · gd tastan (former coin) · ast xelín (former coin) · ca xíling (currency) · ka შილინგი (currency) · fi šillinki (former coin) · srn sren (former coin) · ko 실링 (former coin) · ru ши́ллинг (former coin) · ja シリング (former coin) · it scellino (former coin) · ja シリング (currency) · ms syiling (currency) · pt xelim (currency) · de Schilling (currency) · ko 실링 (currency) · pl szyling (currency) · de Schilling (former coin) · eo ŝilingo (former coin) · pl szyling (former coin) · cy swllt (currency) · cs šilink (former coin) · fi šillinki (currency) · kk шиллинг (currency) · ast xelín (currency) · sw shilingi (currency) · nl schelling (former coin) · af sjieling (currency) · ro șiling (former coin) · ru ши́ллинг (currency) · ga scilling (former coin) · cmn 先令 (former coin)