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- Shilling - n. - 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.
- Shilling - n. - In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.
- Shilling - n. - 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.
- Mancus - n. - An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
- Apiece - adv. - Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
- Penny - n. - An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
- Twelvepence - n. - A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.
- An - - This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.