ALL meanings of shilling
shil·ling
S s - noun shilling a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc. 1
- noun shilling a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty. 1
- verb without object shilling to work as a shill: He shills for a large casino. 1
- verb with object shilling to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle: He was hired to shill a new TV show. 1
- countable noun shilling A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound. 0
- noun shilling a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound: not minted in Britain since 1970 0
- noun shilling the standard monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda: divided into 100 cents 0
- noun shilling an old monetary unit of the US varying in value in different states 0
- noun shilling an indication of the strength and character of a beer, referring to the price after duty that was formerly paid per barrel 0
- noun shilling a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to 1⁄20 of a pound or 12 pence 0
- noun shilling a cupronickel coin worth one shilling: coinage discontinued in 1971 0
- noun shilling a former monetary unit of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth, equal to 1⁄20 of a pound or 12 pence 0
- noun shilling the basic monetary unit of: 0
- noun shilling Kenya 0
- abbreviation SHILLING Somalia 0
- noun shilling Tanzania 0
- noun shilling Uganda 0
- noun shilling any of several coins of colonial America 0