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1. The basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
   - Ugandan shilling
    
2. The basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
   - Tanzanian shilling
    
3. The basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
   - Somalian shilling
    
4. The basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
   - Kenyan shilling
    
5. A former monetary unit in Great Britain
   - British shilling, bob [UK, informal]
    
6. An English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

1. Act as a shill
   "This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

Sounds like: shears, sheers, illing, sch

Derived forms: shillings

Type of: British monetary unit, coin, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, Kenyan monetary unit, lead on, Somalian monetary unit, Tanzanian monetary unit, Ugandan monetary unit

Encyclopedia: Shilling, George