florin in English dictionary

  • florin

    Meanings and definitions of "florin"

    • The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ
    • A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
    • a guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands)
    • any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy
    • A pre-decimal Australian coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
    • noun
      The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
    • noun
      A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
    • noun
      A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands).
    • noun
      Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy.
    • noun
      A pre-decimal Australian coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
    • The Dutch currency until the introduction of the euro in 2002.
    • noun
      ##D a Florentine coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time.
      As many Florentine banks were international supercompanies with branches across Europe, the florin quickly became the dominant trade coin of Western Europe for large scale transactions, replacing silver bars in multiples of the mark (a weight unit equal to eight troy ounces).
    • noun
      formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
    • noun
      the currency of Aruba, introduced in 1986, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder at par.
      US dollars are often used as the de facto currency instead of Aruban florins at many businesses, especially in the hotel and resort areas of the island.
    • noun
      the guilder was the currency of Suriname until 2004, when it was replaced by the Surinamese dollar.
      The Surinamese guilder suffered from high inflation in the beginning of the 1990s.
    • noun
      the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

    Synonyms of "florin" in English dictionary

    Dutch monetary unit, guilder, Dutch florin are the top synonyms of "florin" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of florin

    • florin ( plural  florins)
    • florin (plural florins)
  • Florin

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