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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shilling \Shil"ling\, n. [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling;
   akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw.
   & Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh.
   to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]
   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.

   Note: Many of the States while colonies had issued bills of
         credit which had depreciated in different degrees in
         the different colonies. Thus, in New England currency
         (used also in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana,
         Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida),
         after the adoption of the decimal system, the pound in
         paper money was worth only $3.333, and the shilling 16?
         cts., or 6s. to $1; in New York currency (also in North
         Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan), the pound was worth
         $2.50, and the shilling 121/2 cts., or 8s. to $1; in
         Pennsylvania currency (also in New Jersey, Delaware,
         and Maryland), the pound was worth $2.70, and the
         shilling 131/2 cts., or 7s. 6d. to $1; and in Georgia
         currency (also in South Carolina), the pound was worth
         $4.29?, and the shilling 21? cts., or 4s 8d. to $1. In
         many parts of the country . . . the reckoning by
         shillings and pence is not yet entirely abandoned.
         --Am. Cyc.

资料来源 : WordNet®

shilling
     n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn:
          {Ugandan shilling}]
     2: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
        [syn: {Tanzanian shilling}]
     3: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents [syn:
         {Somalian shilling}]
     4: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn: {Kenyan
        shilling}]
     5: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: {British
        shilling}, {bob}]
     6: an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound