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Shekel

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shekel, sheqel
1. the standard monetary unit of modern Israel, divided into 100 agorot
2. any of several former coins and units of weight of the Near East
Shekel 

a monetary unit, unit of weight, and silver coin of Persia and Judea. The Persian shekel of the reign of Darius I (522–486 B.C.) contained 5.6 g of silver; the Judean shekel of the second century B.C.. contained 14.25 g of silver.
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They've got all their own money back, and all of OURN but a shekel or two BESIDES.
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Then, no doubt, he taxed them a shekel apiece and let them go.
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