shilling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
  2. noun the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
  3. noun the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents

Etymology

From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, 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).

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Synonyms

Ugandan shilling

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