English to afrikaans meaning of

shilling

Volgens die Oxford English Dictionary is 'n sjieling 'n voormalige Britse munt en geldeenheid wat gelykstaande was aan een twintigste van 'n pond, of twaalf pennies. Die sjieling was in omloop in die Verenigde Koninkryk tot 1971 toe die land sy geldeenheid gedesimaliseer het. Deesdae word die term "shilling" meestal gebruik as 'n informele manier om na 'n klein bedrag geld te verwys, of as 'n slengterm om iets vir persoonlike gewin te bevorder of te onderskryf.

Sentence Examples

  1. Watters put another shilling on the table and slammed his hand on top.
  2. The spot, as he described it, was about the compass of a silver threepence, but in the course of time grew larger, and changed its color for at twelve years old it became green, so continued till five-and-twenty, then turned to a deep blue at five-and-forty it grew coal-black, and as large as an English shilling, but never admitted any farther alteration.
  3. His pocket was empty he had not a solitary shilling, not so much as a penny.
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