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Topic: CURRENCIES

Language: Old English
Origin: scilling

shilling

 noun
     
shil‧ling [countable]
1 an old British coin or unit of money. There were 20 shillings in one pound.
2PEC the standard unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia
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