shekels
/ˈʃɛkəlz/
noun
- Money; cash.
- She counted her shekels before deciding to buy the dress.
- He spent all his shekels on a new gaming console.
- I need to save some shekels for my vacation next summer.
- The basic unit of currency in Israel.
- The price of the tour was 200 shekels per person.
- She exchanged her dollars for shekels at the airport in Tel Aviv.
- The market vendor charged only five shekels for a fresh pomegranate.
- An ancient unit of weight or currency used in the Middle East.
- In biblical times, a shekel was a standard weight for silver.
- The merchant weighed out twenty shekels of gold for the trade.
- Archaeologists found a hoard of ancient shekels in the ruins.