florins in English

noun
1
a former British coin and monetary unit worth two shillings.
Material possessions and the means of measuring them by reference to groats, shillings or florins were forbidden in the Holy Parish.
2
a foreign coin of gold or silver, especially a Dutch guilder.
Vallo believes these people, led by El Libre, will easily pay 50,000 gold florins for the huge stash of weapons.
3
the basic monetary unit of Aruba, equal to 100 cents.
Though the dollar dropped against the florin in our three-year window, it fell by just two cents, from 1.79 to 1.77.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "florins" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "florins", or refer to the context using the word "florins" in the English Dictionary.

1. 30 florins is sodomy.

2. 50 florins to the man who takes him.

3. And moreover he's wearing a ruby worth 500 gold florins.

4. Edward defaulted on Florentine loans of 1,365,000 florins, resulting in the ruin of the lenders.

5. After a year of roaming the country, he was eventually able to raise 2000 florins (out of 6299 owed to him), which sufficed to pay for the paper.

6. A paper from 1524 records that Heinlein was paid 15 florins (one florin is approximately between 140 and 1000 modern US dollars) for a gilt pomander watch.