Shekel

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of several ancient units of weight, especially a Hebrew unit equal to about a half ounce.
  • noun. A gold or silver coin equal in weight to one of these units, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A coin.
  • noun. Money.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A unit of weight first used in Babylonia, and there equal to one sixtieth part of a mina.
  • noun. The chief silver coin of the Jews, probably first coined in 141 b. c. by Simon Maccabæus.
  • noun. plural Coins; coin; money.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
  • noun. A jocose term for money.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
  • noun. money.
  • noun. An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the basic unit of money in Israel
    • Word Usage
    "It may be at the same time that the shekel is weakening against the euro and we actually trade more with Europe than we do with the United States."
    cross-reference
    ILS  NIS  agora  ₪  
    Form
    new shekel  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    israeli monetary unit  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dekle  freckle  heckle  seckel  speckle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    air-strike  airstrike  folksinger  government  half-bushel  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coin  
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