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shilling
Part of Speech: noun
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            1.                                             A                                                         silver                                                           coin,                                                         and                                                         money                                                         of                                                         account,                                                         of                                                         Great                                                           Britain                                                         and                                                         its                                                         dependencies,                                                         equal                                                         to                                                           twelve                                                         pence,                                                         or                                                         the                                                           twentieth                                                         part                                                         of                                                           a                                                           pound,                                                         equivalent                                                         to                                                         about                                                           twenty-                                                        four                                                           cents                                                         of                                                         the                                                         United                                                           States                                                           currency.                                    

            2.                                           In                                                         the                                                         United                                                           States,                                                           a                                                         denomination                                                         of                                                         money,                                                         differing                                                         in                                                         value                                                         in                                                         different                                                           States.                                                         It                                                         is                                                         not                                                         now                                                         legally                                                         recognized.                                    

            3.                                           The                                                           Spanish                                                         real,                                                         of                                                         the                                                         value                                                         of                                                         one                                                         eight                                                         of                                                           a                                                         dollar,                                                         or                                                           12                                                           cets; -                                                         formerly                                                           so                                                         called                                                         in                                                         New                                                           York                                                         and                                                           some                                                         other                                                           States.                                                         See                                                         Note                                                         under                                                           2.                                    
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