shilling mark

Meaning

Noun

• Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or in all its uses.

Related

Similar words

• See slash

Origin

• A development of the long s ⟨ſ⟩, an abbreviation of Latin solidus, used to mark the amount of shillings in a sum. Formerly also the slash in all its uses, but this extended sense was taken on by the term solidus.