shekels

Tel Aviv tender

Shekels is informal for money or cash: I don't have the shekels for that.

The word comes from the ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency.

Today the shekel is the official currency of Israel, but the plural shekels in English usually just means money in general, with a slightly humorous or old-fashioned tone.

Israeli

currency

Medium of exchange

banknotesPaper currency notes
coinsMetal money units
exchangeMutual giving and receiving

lira · inflation · cost of living · Tel Aviv · Jerusalem · falafel · hummus · kibbutz · tipping · prices

biblical

talent

Inborn aptitude

minaAntique monetary measure
silverLustrous white precious metal
goldElement seventy-nine

temple · tithe · offering · weighing · scales · Abraham · Joseph · Judas · thirty pieces · ancient

slang

money

Currency for transactions

cashReady spending funds
doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
bucksMale deer, or dollars

funds · pay · earnings · income · cost · spending · afford · price · broke · loaded

shekels

currency

talent

money

shekels

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