shekel
Also sheq·el . a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980.
an ancient, originally Babylonian, unit of weight, of varying value, taken as equal to the fiftieth or the sixtieth part of a mina or to about a quarter to half an ounce.
a coin of this weight, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.
shekels, Slang. money; cash.
Origin of shekel
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How to use shekel in a sentence
Exporters would presumably like that, since it will lead to a devaluation of the shekel.
Israeli women make seventy agorot for each shekel earned by men with the same qualifications.
If a man has hired a ship of sixty gur, he shall give one-sixth of a shekel of silver per diem as her hire.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonIt consisted of a golden ear-ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of gold.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxA talent weighed three thousand shekels, and a shekel two hundred and nineteen grains.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus Cox
I will give you a quarter of a shekel for it; and if you find any more bring them to me.
The Curious Book of Birds | Abbie Farwell BrownWould the fire insurance folks have loosened up a shekel more, had old Nero squirted water on some grocer's cellar door?
Uncle Walt [Walt Mason] | Walt Mason
British Dictionary definitions for shekel
sheqel
/ (ˈʃɛkəl) /
the standard monetary unit of modern Israel, divided into 100 agorot
any of several former coins and units of weight of the Near East
(often plural) informal any coin or money
Origin of shekel
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