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)
any coin or money
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sheq•el
(shek′əl),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Currencyshekel (def. 1).
shek•el
(shek′əl),USA pronunciation n.
- CurrencyAlso, sheqel. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980.
- Weights and Measures, Currencyan ancient, orig. 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.
- Currencya coin of this weight, esp. the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.
- Slang Terms shekels, money;
cash.
- Hebrew sheqel
- 1550–60
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