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# florin

noun (plural florins)

«florin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://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://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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «florin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«florin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/florin.html) on Mova free.