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Rareshekel
The correct spelling is shekel.
How to pronounce shekel
/ˈʃɛkəl/
nounIPA: /ˈʃɛkəl/
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The correct spelling is shekel. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
- 2.(often antisemitic) Money, especially that purportedly owned or distributed as bribes by Jewish elites.
- 3.An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
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