shilling in English

noun
1
a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.
There were twelve pence to a shilling and twenty shillings to a pound.
2
the basic monetary unit in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, equal to 100 cents.
As the Kenya shilling fights its way up against the dollar, shareholders are capitalizing on the stock market before, inevitably, the prices start coming down.
verb
1
act or work as a shill.
He shilled for the shipping magnate in his bid to lead the Liberals.
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "shilling" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "shilling", or refer to the context using the word "shilling" in the English Dictionary.

1. Takeaway for Mr. Shilling.

2. He handed each of them a shilling.

3. The principals of Barrad & Shilling Accountancy Corporation are Jeffrey (Jeff) Barrad, CPA and Mary Jane (MJ) Shilling, CPA

4. He gave me a shilling for sweets.

5. The King's Shilling Lyrics: Oh my love has left me with Bairnes twa / And that's the last of him I ever saw / He joined the army and marched to war / He took the shilling / He took the shilling

6. In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.

7. That was to show off their ten shilling macs.

8. 17 In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.

9. He was notoriously avid for every shilling he could earn.

10. 18 He was notoriously avid for every shilling he could earn.

11. Every shilling I saved was invested in cameras and lenses.

12. Mrs Aggie would give her anything up to a shilling for them.

13. He gave me a shilling, and three pence to come home with.

14. You do realize shilling for votes is not a compliment, Courtney.

15. They live in barracks ... and are allowed a shilling a day upkeep.

16. Following independence in 1960, the somalo of Italian Somaliland and the East African shilling (which were equal in value) were replaced at par in 1962 by the Somali shilling.

17. The last exchange rate noted was 50 Kissi to one West African Shilling.”

18. He gave me a shilling to give the man when I got there.

19. Since then, UNPA no longer accepts mail using shilling-denominated UNPA stamps

20. A thin wiry woman, her name was Meg and not herself the full shilling.

21. Indeed, until 1970, the 10 cents coin bore the additional legend "One Shilling".

22. They could pay a shilling each to come in, and sixpence for refreshments.

23. I must copy them myself, unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet.

24. Searching the cloaks turns up a few loose buttons and an Imperial silver shilling.

25. In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.

26. Word of advice, sir, no need to pay more than ten shilling in the pound.

27. Surprisingly, the sherry was an excellent one and had certainly cost a shilling or two.

28. Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.

29. Sorrow was buried here, at the cost of a shilling and a pint of beer for the gravedigger.

30. Barrad & Shilling delivers outstanding business services, tax accounting and fiduciary services in a personal, proactive, and responsive manner

31. The stalls cost one shilling and three pence and the stately elegance of the circle a whole two bob.

32. He said that the publisher got the copyright in each song written by the defendant for one shilling.

33. But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses, when James called in the hope of being given a shilling.

34. He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket.

35. After all these years of abusive taxation from your now deceased baron, why should I lend the shire even half a shilling?

36. From No. v on it was an enormous success, and inaugurated monthly shilling numbers as a method of publishing new fiction.

37. Barrad & Shilling Accountancy Corporation has been helping Southern California business owners achieve their goals and objectives for over 60 years

38. We will make them work hard for sixpence a day, Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay.

39. The war-time legacy of the five-shilling legal maximum on restaurant bills was an open cheque for profiteers to pose as restaurateurs.

40. In 1887 Lyons ran a stall at the Liverpool exhibition[http://Sentencedict.com], selling for a shilling a combined microscope-binocular-compass which he had invented.

41. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his expenses, and not accept a shilling for pay. "

42. If I went to Lago Agrio as myself and pretended to write a story, no one would suspect that the starry-eyed young American poking around was actually shilling for Chevron.

43. In October 2016, Mhango and other economists at Renaissance Capital said that the Kenya Shilling was about 20 percent overvalued and that this was hurting Kenya's exports to other countries in the region.

44. 18 hours ago · Tanzania is preparing to launch a digital form of its local currency, the TAnzanian shilling, the governor of the Bank of Tanzania said, according to a Bloomberg report

45. 18 hours ago · Tanzania is preparing to launch a digital form of its local currency, the TAnzanian shilling, the governor of the Bank of Tanzania said, according to a Bloomberg report

46. Anyways, the Boglets did a damn fine jobs of shilling the coin for a hot minute and I don't think I can justify the investment at this risk level, now that I've tried to do the homework and came up nil

47. The Cynosure of the inner circle is personal piety, combined with a “penny a week and a shilling a quarter.” OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELS ATTICUS No one else could sit at such perfect ease, the Cynosure of so many eyes

48. 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎[1], page R28: [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine Bibliophile and friend of Petrarch

49. This native of southeastern Europe begins blooming in early spring, when not much else is flowering yet, and continues to flower until mid summer.This member of the broccoli family is also known as money plant, silverbloom, Bolbonac, silver dollar, lunary, white satin, satinflower, penny flower, silverplate, judas pence, shilling, two pennies

50. Apiece (12 Occurrences) Matthew 20:9 "When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received a shilling Apiece; (WEY) Luke 9:3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey-neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats Apiece