Shilling (noun)

1. A former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to one twentieth of a pound.
2. A coin or a monetary unit used in some other countries with similar value.

Origin:

From the old english word "sceilling" which means "money".

Examples:

1. He gave me a shilling for my trouble.
2. He used to save up his shillings to buy a toy.
3. The shilling was replaced by the decimal coinage system in the UK in 1971.
4. The shilling was used as a coin in the British Empire and its colonies.
5. The shilling was a popular coin in the 19th and 20th century.