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skilling

skilling

1 9.9
A small old coin once used in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : escalín

Examples

  • So they sent in skilling guards which is full of Irish people.

  • There are also staffing options, such as up-skilling nursery nurses to administer home-based care, which limit the financial impact of this model.

    Academic text (2009)
  • "Continual learning is often a response to advancements in ICTs, a 're-skilling' to offset the 'de-skilling' effects of technology.

    Academic text (2005)
  • "Continual learning is often a response to advancements in ICTs, a 're-skilling' to offset the 'de-skilling' effects of technology.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In a study analyzing occupational trends and projections in four industry sectors, Thomas Bailey (1990) finds that both skilling and de-skilling occur.

    Academic text (1995)
  • While there is no recipe, high-performance systems tend to include some combination of teamwork, multi-skilling, employee involvement, performance-based pay, family-friendly practices, and mutual-gains bargaining.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In Denmark, people used to trade goods for a few skilling as it was a common form of currency.

  • He found an old coin from the 18th century that was a skilling from Sweden.

  • The collector proudly displayed his rare skilling coins from various Scandinavian countries.

Surface Forms

skilling singular
skillings plural

Etymology

Skilling comes from an old Norse word for a small coin and is the same root as the English shilling, so you can remember it as a little Scandinavian 'shilling' coin.