shilling – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
shilling
n.
monetary unit of a number of countries (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda); former monetary unit of a number of countries (including the United Kingdom, Australia, Ghana, etc.); coin formerly used in the United Kingdom and the United States
shill
v.
act as a shill, work as a shill, act as a decoy, pose as a customer in order to lure other customers (in gambling houses, games of chance, etc.)
Shilling
The
shilling is a unit of
currency formerly used in the
United Kingdom and other
British Commonwealth countries. The word
shilling comes from
scilling, an accounting term that dates back to
Anglo-Saxon times, and from there back to
Old Norse, where it means "division", and in fact many Norse influenced countries use the term too.
shilling
Noun
1. the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
(synonym) Ugandan shilling
(hypernym) Ugandan monetary unit
2. the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
(synonym) Tanzanian shilling
(hypernym) Tanzanian monetary unit
3. the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
(synonym) Somalian shilling
(hypernym) Somalian monetary unit
4. the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
(synonym) Kenyan shilling
(hypernym) Kenyan monetary unit
5. a former monetary unit in Great Britain
(synonym) British shilling, bob
(hypernym) British monetary unit
(part-meronym) cent
6. an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
(hypernym) coin
shill
Noun
1. a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
(hypernym) decoy, steerer
Verb
1. act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
(hypernym) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
shilling
nm.
shilling, monetary unit of a number of countries (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda); former monetary unit of a number of countries (including the United Kingdom, Australia, Ghana, etc.)
shilling
shilling, monetary unit of a number of countries (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda)
