different between currency vs schilling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin curr?ns, from curr?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/, /?k?.?n.si/
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

2. (more specifically) Paper money.
   • 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,

     Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

3. The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.

4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
5. (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance

Derived terms

• (economics): fiat currency, closed currency, hard currency, metacurrency, cryptocurrency

Related terms

• current
• course

Translations

See also

• Category:Currency symbols

English

Etymology

From German Schilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??/

Noun

schilling (plural schillings)

1. The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

Translations

See also

• shilling

Anagrams

• chillings

Middle English

Alternative forms

• shilling, shiling

Etymology

From Old English scilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ilin?/

Noun

schilling (plural shillinges)

1. A shilling or other silver coin (including ancient coins), the value of that coin, or the weight equivalent to that coin.

Descendants

• English: shilling
• Yola: shilleen

References

• “shilling, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling and skilling.

Noun

schilling m (definite singular schillingen, indefinite plural schilling, definite plural schillingene)

1. (numismatics) a schilling, the old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

References

• “schilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling and skilling.

Noun

schilling m (definite singular schillingen, indefinite plural schilling, definite plural schillingane)

1. (numismatics) a silver coin of several German states in the High Middle Ages, typically divided into 12 pfennig
2. (numismatics) a schilling, the old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

References

• “schilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.