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shilling
noun
- 1. In the UK: a monetary unit and coin, before the introduction of decimal currency in 1971, worth one twentieth of a pound or 12 old pence (12d).
2. The standard unit of currency in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Somalia, one shilling being worth 100 cents.
