florin

[US]/'flɒrɪn/
[UK]/ˈflɔrɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of currency, florin.
Word Forms
Pluralflorins

Example Sentences

to exchange florins for euros

the cost in florins

Real-world Examples

Half-crowns, florins, shillings, sixpences, and threepenny pieces are made of silver.

Source: UK original primary school Chinese language class

There were always two single shillings, one put in the plate by the Vicar and the other by Mr. Graves; and sometimes there was a florin.

Source: The Shackles of Life (Part One)

Accordingly a second treaty was agreed with France in 1757 whereby the French government agreed to send troops to aid Austria against Prussia and provided 12 million florins in funding.

Source: Character Profile

The second class are taxed at seventy; the third at fifty; and the fourth, comprehending artificers in villages, and the lowest class of those in towns, at twenty-five florins.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

I talked with Charlotte of the inconceivable manner in which men allow themselves to be blinded; how any one could avoid suspecting some deception, when seven florins only were allowed to defray expenses twice as great.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

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