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shekel

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/ˈʃɛkəl/ English

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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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