florin
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈflɔrɪn/
- Archaic
:
florín
- In the market, a loaf of bread costs about a florin.
- one florin
- thousand florins
Examples
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You'll have the 100,000 gold florin ready for them.
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On the first try, I got such a good catch that I received one thousand florins for it.
Fiction book (1998) -
Well, I've spent my last florin yesterday.
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Don't take less than a florin for him, Bernard!
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This cargo will bring 50,000 gold florin from any rebels worth the name.
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- A florin, please.
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"Why do I have one thousand florins?" the perplexed peasant asked himself.
Fiction book (1998) -
Two hundred florins.
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While Federigo contributed a relatively small sum of money, 15 gold florins, to the commission in 1474, it was the Confraternity.
Academic text (2003) -
The peasant rowed the sheep to the opposite bank, where for each of them he collected one florin, and these amounted to one thousand florins.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
3
9.7
A kind of money used in the past in the Netherlands and Suriname
Former money used in the Netherlands worth 100 cents, replaced by the euro in 2002
Former main money unit in the Netherlands equal to 100 cents, replaced by the euro in 2002
Money used in the Netherlands before the euro
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word florin comes from the Italian fiorino, which means 'little flower' and is linked to the English flower; it was a gold coin first made in the city of Florence. So the Dutch florin kept that old name when it became the country's money.