shekel
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- noun
- /ˈʃɛkəl/
- 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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3.5
The basic unit of money used in Egypt, equal to 100 piasters
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3.7
The official money of Jordan equal to 1000 fils
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3.6
The unit of money used in Lebanon equal to one hundred piasters
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3.7
The currency used in Syria, equal to 100 piasters
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3.7
The main money used in Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas
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A small coin used as money in Israel in the mid 1900s
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An old Greek coin used to buy things
An old unit of money in Iran equal to one hundredth of a rial
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.