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Definition of Florin
1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents.
2. Noun. Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents.
Terms within: Cent
Generic synonyms: Dutch Monetary Unit
Definition of Florin
1. n. A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
Definition of Florin
1. Noun. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ ¹
2. Noun. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence. ¹
3. Noun. a guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands) ¹
4. Noun. any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy ¹
5. Noun. A pre-decimal Australian coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Florin
1. a former gold coin of Europe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Florin
Literary usage of Florin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"I claim that, under existing laws and upon the fact that in computations at the
custom-house the value of the paper florin therein specified should be ..."
2. The American Japanese Problem: A Study of the Racial Relations of the East by Sidney Lewis Gulick (1914)
"Many reputable citizens of California cited florin as ocular proof of disastrous
... florin, California, is a town of Japs. It is 9 miles from Sacramento, ..."
3. The Japanese Problem in the United States: An Investigation for the by Harry Alvin Millis (1915)
"The Japanese are a more conspicuous element of the population and in farming in
the florin district than in any other important community in California. ..."
4. The Works, Political, Metaphysical, and Chronological, of the Late Sir James by James Steuart (1805)
"71.687 ducats are worth 375.04 florins; by which number divide 5120 as before,
you have 13.651 aces of fine gold for the florin. ..."
5. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"that when he ought to have received half-a-crown, he , had generally received a
florin, and when he ought to have paid a florin, he had generally paid ..."
6. Verrazano the Navigator: Or, Notes on Giovanni Da Verrazano and on a by James Carson Brevoort (1874)
"In the Spanish accounts of his exploits as a corsair, he is always called Juan
florin or Florentin. Peter Martyr first mentions him as florin, ..."
7. Verrazano the Navigator: Or, Notes on Giovanni Da Verrazano and on a by James Carson Brevoort (1874)
"In the Spanish accounts of his exploits as a corsair, he is always called Juan
florin or Florentin. Peter Martyr first mentions him as florin, ..."
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