shekel
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- noun
- /ˈʃɛkəl/
:
shekel
- So I was wondering if you would consider loaning me a few shekels?
- thousand shekels
- million shekels
- few shekels
Examples
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That'll cost you five shekels upfront, for obvious reasons.
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"We are three people living off 20 shekels (roughly five dollars) per week from the eggs."
Blog text (4) -
The chart below shows the U.S. dollar against the Israeli shekel over the past few years.
Blog text (11) -
Twenty shekels, not a piece more.
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But ten shekels is $3.50, and I am not yet good enough at this.
Fiction book (1998) -
You ought to have the shekels piled up to the roof by now.
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The Israeli shekel was devalued by 18.8 percent on July 1, 1985.
Academic text (1994) -
I don't know how many shekels I've given him over the years.
Fiction book (2000) -
That's 375 shekels a kid, including food, gas, the works.
Fiction book (1993) -
In Israel, a loaf of bread costs about ten shekels.
Synonyms
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3.8
The money used in Iraq that equals one thousand fils
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7.8
The main money used in Saudi Arabia
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The basic unit of money used in Egypt, equal to 100 piasters
The main money used in Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas
The currency used in Syria, equal to 100 piasters
The unit of money used in Lebanon equal to one hundred piasters
The official money of Jordan equal to 1000 fils
An old unit of money in Iran equal to one hundredth of a rial
A small coin used as money in Israel in the mid 1900s
An old Greek coin used to buy things
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shekel comes from an old Hebrew word sheqel, which meant 'weight' and was the name for a certain amount of silver used to buy things. Because people used that amount of silver as money long ago, today's shekel is the name of Israel's currency.