Definitions for shillings
shillings

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1. shillings

   The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 20th century. Currently the shilling is used as a currency in five east African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, as well as the de facto country of Somaliland. The East African Community additionally plans to introduce an East African shilling.

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1. SHILLINGS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shillings is ranked #43584 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shillings surname appeared 495 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shillings.
   
   88.6% or 439 total occurrences were White.
   4.4% or 22 total occurrences were Black.
   4% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.6% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shillings' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3891

How to pronounce shillings?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shillings in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shillings in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shillings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shillings in a Sentence

1. Sir Walter Scott:

   Our time is like our money; when we change a guinea the shillings escape as things of small account; when we break a day by idleness in the morning, the rest of the hours lose their importance in our eyes.

2. Lewis Carroll:

   Write that down, the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

3. Philip Kinisu:

   Kenya's budget is now approaching 2 trillion shillings; a third of it is being wasted through corruption.

4. Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko:

   Upon independent review...I have found no evidence to support the allegation about the alleged misappropriation of 250 billion shillings or any part thereof, further, I have found no evidence disclosing any criminality of any government officials. In the premises and, as matters stand now, there is no evidence upon which a prosecution may ensue.

5. Philip Kinisu:

   Six hundred billion shillings can finance the bulk of the government's recurrent expenditure so that the services can reach all corners of the republic.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillings
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html