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# florin

«florin» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old coin of money, once worth two shillings in British…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural florins)

### meaning for a pupil

A florin is an old coin of money, once worth two shillings in British money, and used in other countries long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a coin given or paid as a price

### examples

- Not for a hundred florins, was the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florin/#x1)
- As he spoke the donkey gave himself a shake, and down fell the five florins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florin/#x2)

### note

counts money: 5 florins means five coins, each one florin, so each florin adds one to the count of coins

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «florin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.