Shilling vs Usd - What's the difference?
shilling | usd |
A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
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The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
As a noun shilling
is a coin formerly used in the united kingdom, ireland, malta, australia, new zealand and many other commonwealth countries.As a verb shilling
is .As an initialism usd is
united states dollar.shilling
English
(wikipedia shilling)Etymology 1
(etyl) scilling, (etyl) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shillingNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
; Abbreviations * (sense) s. or'' s ''or / (solidus) * (in Kenya) Ksh; (in Somalia'') ; (''in Tanzania'') TSh; (''in Uganda ) UGS In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".Synonyms
* bob, hog * (Australia) deenerSee also
* * schilling * skilding * solidusDerived terms
*King's shillingExternal links
*Currencies of the world